We also use Epson printers for our VFP reports & I know what you mean.
True Type fonts will always be slow with dot matrix printers. We use
the draft fonts & the characters do float around, but only while
previewing the report on the screen, they print fine. Is this your
situation also, or is the actual printing off also. If so, perhaps
you can try using another adding another FX Epson Model. The vast
majority of fonts that print on one FX will print on another.



>Probably in a FAQ somewhere (if it is, can someone point me at the FAQ document...) but - is there a known problem with the windows print driver for epson dot matrix (specifically 9 pin) printers and the VFP report designer?
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>I have a customer who has a report format - which will not print correctly if the objects on the report are formatted to use the printers built in 'draft' font (it's an Epson FX-1170). The objects in the page header band move around the band (seemingly randomly) overprinting each other. I've read the KB articles on 'custom paper sizes' - but setting the custom paper size in the Windows control panel and making it the default (which appears to clear the problem for other people) doesn't sort out this problem.
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>If you use a true type font - all is well, the controls print out where they are supposed to. The problem is the print speed - in this mode the printer takes more than twice as long to print the document.
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>So my question is, does anyone have a workaround, or a newer print driver, or a suggestion (new hardware seems the most likely long term solution) on how to get the documents to print reliably and quickly?
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>TIA
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>Regards
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>David Smith