>Hi Gregory,
>
>thanks for the hint. I'm not sure if this is the cause of my problem but I will certainly give it a try as soon as our printer comes back from repairs ...

hi Hans,

I do think that is the problem. After the preview, the form gets the focus back. If the focus is on a grid, then its recordsource is selected.

Just set the focus to a textbox or so on the form before previewing/printing

You'll see