>Hi Ed
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>I wanna thank you for ur incredible input. But I have couple of questions that I might be able to help me with.
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>What if I print my reports to a file in ascii form and then print that file?

If the ASCII file output lines up properly when you view it, then your printer should handle that fine.

> That would certainly work for me if I could automate the whole thing so it is transparant to the user. If that would work, I know how to print the report to a text file but dont know how I can issue a print command in the code so the text file is sent to the printer. Please let me know if I am going bass ackwards about it.
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Take a look in the FAQ - I wrote an entry in the FAQ on how to copy a file to a print port using the Windows CopyFile() API.