I've done this w/o any problems. As far as printing barcodes, I used a freely available barcode TTF font to print it. When printing barcodes, remember to include any necessary beginning and ending characters (I think it was "*" that I used) so that barcode readers will read it correctly.

>Hi:
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>I would like to know from all users the problems/experiences with using VFP 5.0a to print to a dot-matrix printer.
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>My requirements are:
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>(1) Print a barcode on the report
>(2) Print different font sizes
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>My client uses a dot-matix printer to print on pre-printed forms. As a result, I must also use the same printer and print on these pre-printed forms with a VFP application.
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>(1)Can you print TTF fonts to a dot-matrix printer?
>(2)Are there any issues I'm overlooking?
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>I welcome all comments that VFP developers have had in printing to a dot-matrix printer.
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>Thanks!
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>--Paul