Glen:
Thanks a lot for the suggestion--will give it a try immediately. I would paraphrase your last sentence: it works; therefore it doesn't suck.

I really appreciate the assist.
John

>John,
>Try this. Set the _ASCIICOLS = to your the Max number of characters in the report, and _ASCIIROWS to the Max Number of Lines in the report. Then Send the report to an ASCII file using REPORT ... TO FILE ASCII. Then print the ASCII file to the printer. It sucks, but it works.