>>The SET PRINTER TO is what did the trick, this also works:
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>>>>SET PRINTER on
>>? 'hello'
>>SET PRINTER off
>>SET PRINTER to
>>

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>>Thanks!
>>
>>Yossi
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>Great. My understanding (or guess) of the theory is that, while you send one page after another, Windows considers it as a single printjob, and may not start printing (depending on the queueing options) until you end the printjob. (Note that the Print Spooler can accept print jobs from several programs simultaneously.) Apparently, SETting the printer OFF will indicate the end of a printjob.
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>In DOS that was not a problem; anything you printed would be sent to the printer immediately. But Windows has additional requirements, due to the fact that several programs might be printing at the same time.

Thanks