>>>>>I copy the macro to the printer as a permanent macro before the application starts, so that all the macros that I might reference are present before I need them; typically, we have a batch job that runs once a day to copy the files containing the permanent macros to the printers involved, and that need only be run after the printers are turned off and back on.
>>>>>
>>>>>hth,
>>>>>
>>>>>Ed
>>>>
>>Ed,
>>Are you able to access your macros through the report writer in VFP, or do you use @ say directly to the printer?
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>We trigger the macro in the page footer; the macro saves the current page cursor position, prints the macro, and restores the printer's cursor position, then prints a page number.
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>>TIA,
>>Marcus.

How do you trigger it? I assume you mean the footer of the Report Writer in VFP, yes? When I call functions to send PCL using ??? or ??, I just get a separate print job put into the print que that executes outside of my reports print job. Thanks for your help again.

Marcus.