Thanks Mike. I'll look into that, although around 11 pm last night I realized the problem is more complex than I'd thought. The app really needs its own 'default printer' for use with both VFP and Word. The problem is that there are multiple types of devices in the list returned by Aprinters() and most can't print to paper and there doesn't seem to be an easy way to tell which ones can!

Update: 5 pm: The printer list turns out to be do-able, and you were very close with 88. That is wdFilePrint; 97 is wdDialogFilePrint and it does offer the option DoNotSetAsSysDefault. If you use GetPrinter() the dialog displays but substituting the printer name allows it to run "silent".

WITH oWord.Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrintSetup)	&& wdDialogFilePrintSetup =97
    .Printer=AppDefaultPrinter			&& getprinter() shows the dialog; printer name runs 'silent'
    .DoNotSetAsSysDefault = .t.
    .execute()
ENDWITH

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!