You can, however, you might want to verify that the printer you want to use actually exists first. The link below finds the appropriate printer (in this case a Zebra printer) and sets it as the windows default printer and the foxpro printer, prints something, and then sets both back. Based on what you've written, you can skip setting the windows default printer and only set it in VFP:

Re: Windows won't name printer with machine name on local ma Message #1099435


>>>Hi All:
>>>
>>>How can I retrieve the default printer so that I can do something like this:
>>>
>>>

>>>* Print a report
>>>do Printreport
>>>* Print a receipt on the receipt printer
>>>lcOldPrinter = defaultprinter()
>>>set printer to name 'Star TSP643 Raster Printer'
>>>do PrintReceipt
>>>* Restore reguler printer
>>>set printer to name &lcOldPrinter
>>>

>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Yossi
>>
>>Yossi,
>>
>>Do you mean
>>
>>Default Windows Printer ?
>
>I looked further in the article you provided and found that
>
>

>SET("PRINTER", 2)
>

>
>seems to be what I'm looking for.
>
>So why do I need all that fancy API code and why is it not enough to say
>
>

>* Print a report
>do Printreport
>* Print a receipt on the receipt printer
>lcOldPrinter = SET("PRINTER", 2)
>set printer to name 'Star TSP643 Raster Printer'
>do PrintReceipt
>* Restore regular printer
>set printer to name &lcOldPrinter
>

>
>Especially since the help defines the SET("PRINTER", 2) as the 'Default Windows printer name'?!