>My client desires a very decorated report with lots of boxes and different fonts from a VFP application.
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>In the past they had a 3rd party library (.PLB) named 'Escape' which had xbase wrapper functions to PCL (printer control language).
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>My dilemma is that this is something they are used to and VFP report writer just can't handle this. Anyone with a good suggestion on either how to covert a PLB to use with VFP or a decent tool for the job?

No ideea of how to convert a PLB to use with VFP, but about a very good tool. Have a look at Virtual Print Engine at: http://www.idealsoftware.com/. I think you can download a demo.