>I have an inventory program that prints item ID tags to a small label printer. Many times, I need the same label to print 40 or more copies. I send the label print job in a FOR/NEXT loop, but this is slow as it has to send the command each time. Is there a way to include number of copies in the LABEL command?

Does printer support multiple copies. If it does, make a temp copy of the report, open it as atable ant put 'Copies=nn' into the Picture field of the header record. Close the table and print your report (label).