Hmmm... I don't deal much with Win9x machines. However, checking out the documentation for the COPY FILE command, it seems to want extensions on the files used. This is a guess, but you could try COPY FILE ... TO LPTx. with the period after the LPTx. This explicitly tells VFP the target file has no extension.

HTH. Al

>Well.. I'm still stumped. I do have LPT1 captured on those win95 machines. As a matter of fact I have yet to find a Win95 PC that will do it. If anybody else knows the secret syntax please let me know.
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>Thanks for the help Al.. So far you have saved me a ton of time. This is one great place to get valuable information.
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>>The ... TO LPTx.DOS setting depends on which DOS printer port is "captured" on each particular machine. Make sure that "MS-DOS" print jobs can be sent to the printer you choose, from the W95 PC.
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>>You could also try just LPTx on the W95 machine.