>Mark, thanks for your prompt response to my question. I forgot to mention one of the key ingredients in this recipe, however. The network print job is silent. When the user logs in to the application, they are assigned a network print queue. As a user may log in from many different workstations in a given site (in this case a hospital), we cannot assure that proper print drivers are installed everywhere. That's where my problem emerges.

Yes, that is a problem. Since you are using NetLib and the functions you are using, may I assume your network is Novell? Are they going to print to their assigned printer regardless of where they login?

If the answer to the last question is yes, you could check the WIN.INI file to see if the appropriate printer is installed. That still may not be definitive. If I remember, doesn't NetLib have a function to return all the printers available to the user? Does it also have a function to return an array of printers on the network? I have NetLib at work, but I will not be there until tomorrow (Tuesday).

If you set the printer to something that has not had the printer drivers installed locally, Win95 will not be *smart enough* to install them. Someone may be able to provide the API code to do this for you.