>>>What the heck has Words() got to do with printing??
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>>I don't know, maybe is the Floating Point code thing? Does it happen if you use a printer driver from windows, not one from the manufacturer, especially HP?
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>One of the printers involved is a bar code printer which has a fairly shonky windows driver (probably 16 bit). The other printers are generally HP lasers.
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>what is " the Floating Point code thing" ?
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>Thanks


HP drivers in particular, are very lax in changing some setting in the Floating Point processor, and not returning it to where it was when the driver code is finished. Causes a world of grief with FoxPro in particular.