Aah, if only it could be that easy! The printers have been installed since day 1. It's as the other virtual printers get added that I find others are dropping off. I could drop the printer and reinstall but the custom page settings are very fiddly and cause untold grief so I'd rather not.

>Sarah ---
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>Has the printer been installed?
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>Go to Windows/Control Panel/Printers and the Add Printer .. a wizard will lead you step by step into adding it as a valid printer...then Excel and Fox and everything else will "see" it.
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>>I am designing reports for a specific dot matrix printer using 2.6. The PC's which are used have many "virtual" printers which are complex to set up and I can't get rid of.
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>>When setting up the reports I go into the report layout dialog and there is a limited list of printers. Unfortunately the "real" printer is left off the list.
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>>How can I get fox to show me the real list?
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>>Sarah
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>>ps I also get this in Excel 8!