It seems that every time VFP sees a SET PRINTER TO command it forces a form feed. And the formfeed occurs every time the program is ran.

>I believe VFP tries to be smart, and sends a Form Feed every time you change printer. Anyway, there is an easy way around this.

>Set printer to dump.dmp && dumo.dmp is a file
>Eject && forces a Form feed
>Set printer to name (cPrinter)
>Erase dump.dmp

>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Why does the printer ejects a page when I send this ESC codes to it? We are using the LQ-570e printer. But even when selecting a laser printer, a form feed still occurs.
>>

>>cPrinter = getprinter()
>>if !empty(cPrinter)
>>   set printer to name (cPrinter)
>>   set printer on
>>   * Change the font to COURIER
>>   * This line causes the printer to issue a form feed
>>   ??? chr(27)+chr(107)+'2' && ASCII ESC k n; where n=2 for Courier.
>>   ? "Hello world"
>>   set printer off
>>   set printer to
>>endif
>>