Yes, if you have anything at all in the printer buffer set up by VFP, it will issue a form feed when you change to another printer. Did you try my little trick to let a file "eat" the form feed? I used it a lot in "the good old days".

>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
>>>