I'm really "grasping at straws" here, I haven't really done anything in VFP like you're trying, BUT. According to The Hacker's Guide, you may want to try SET INTENSITY OFF, this is suppose to set @ GET's background to Transparent, and I'm assuming that SAY's may work the same way.
If this doesn't do it, you may have to change how you are putting out this report.

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>hey rick,
>i put, set talk off, in load event and put, set talk on , in unload event of form. ran print job, it took out all the junk, excpet..
>the print is normal but has background, ie has background (gery) anywhere text is printed, if it didnt have background it would look normal. help..
>frank