>Hi again ..
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>looking at the code i think
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>..
>* Set the printer to the new options
>DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter, @cModifiedDevmode, @cModifiedDevmode, DM_IN_BUFFER+DM_OUT_BUFFER)
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>* try changing the above to:
>DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter, @cModifiedDevmode, @cOrigDevmode, DM_IN_BUFFER+DM_OUT_BUFFER)
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>i think the devmodes structures have to be unequal so the printer gets updated ..
>


Sorry, but that didn't work. Thanks for all your help on this. If you think of something else, let me know.