>Sorry to bother you, Mark, but could you tell me to do this for VFP Reports that have some graphic content ? REPORT FORM frmname TO FILE would work if the content is pure text, but it strips the graphical content. Not to mention that with large reports the use of the spooler is a must.

You can only print straight text or printer control codes directly to a specific port. If you have graphics, you must use REPO FORM.

>It is frustrating to explain to users that if they want to direct a report to a specific printer, they have to change the default printer using the printer control panel from Windows. Of course I could use the PROMPT option, but it doesn't work if printing from the preview Window, and for users that don't usually change printers it is a nuisance. Frankly, even I don't understand why the SET PRINTER TO NAME printer doen't do the trick.
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>Thank you for any help you can give me.

REPO FORM reportname TO PRINT PROMPT PREVIEW seems to work OK for me. I've never had a problem with SET PRINTER TO NAME, either. Check the EXPR, TAG and TAG2 fields in the first record of the report's .FRX. Each time a change is made to the report, the fields must be blanked again.

HTH