>>George et al,
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>>hmmmmmmm - it sounds like (from Jeff's post) like maybe it actually works, but doesn't show the checkbox. I had created a test exe with one form that set the flags and called showprinter() - and, alas - still no collate checkbox. And this is on a printer that definitely collates from Excell (so says client). I did NOT actually have them print from my test app - just assumed if collate checkbox wasn't there, it wasn't working. But that MAY not be the case eh?
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>>Thanks,
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>Hi Ken,
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>I'm almost positive that this check box does exist, but as I mentioned earlier, my recollection may be faulty. It's quite possible I'm wrong.
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Or, more than likely, it appears on a different tab of the Page Setup properties (certainly the case when talking about the same printer under Win9x and WinNT.)

It may also be a driver version issue - I've had this happen when I've used an older driver from a compatible printer that didn't support the newer capabilities of a printer fully.

I'll be in the office tomorrow where we have soem HP5si and 4050 printers, with a couple of different versions of drivers in use. Myabe that'll show something.

>I can't find a collate in the page setup of Word 2K, but maybe it's because the printer doesn't support collating. Then again, I can't find an option for multiple copies in it either. As I mentioned, I'll play around with the flags property and see what happens.