>>>Steve,
>>> Thank you for the insight and don't worry, no offense taken. In all my infinate wisdom, I once had a serial port scanner stop working and was frantically trying to figure out why when someone suggested checking to make sure that the serial cable was properly connected. Imaging my suprise when doing just that solved the problem!
>>>
>>> At any rate, we have tried rebooting the machine, but it didn't seem to solve the problem. We have found that the command REPORT FORM ... TO PRINTER PROMPT does properly work, but issuing the commands SET PRINTER TO NAME ... followed by REPORT FORM ... TO PRINTER always causes the problem. If we issue SET PRINTER TO NAME ... followed by REPORT FORM ... TO PRINTER PREVIEW does work! I have no idea what the problem is, but I think I am about ready for a career change! Mabey a stock broker...
>>>
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>Justin
>>
>>Justin,
>>
>>I'm in the same dilemma with NT vs 95/98 and was hoping to find a solution here too... What I have found is that NT supports the NAME clause, but 95 and 98 DO NOT...
>>
>>Also, when trying to get a list of valid printers by using the APrinters() function, NT and 95/98 return the results in a different sequents.
>>Ex: Under NT,
>>APRINTERS( laMyPrinters ) would return
>>laMyPrinters[1,1] = "\\MyNTServer\MyNetworkPrinterShare"
>>laMyPrinters[1,2] = "MyHP_Printer1"
>>laMyPrinters[1,1] = "\\MyNTServer\MyOtherNetworkPrinterShare"
>>laMyPrinters[1,2] = "MyOther_Printer2"
>>
>>But under 95/98
>>APRINTERS( laMyPrinters ) would return
>>laMyPrinters[1,1] = "MyHP_Printer1"
>>laMyPrinters[1,2] = "\\MyNTServer\MyNetworkPrinterShare"
>>laMyPrinters[1,1] = "MyOther_Printer2"
>>laMyPrinters[1,2] = "\\MyNTServer\MyOtherNetworkPrinterShare"
>>
>>notice the UNC is listed first under NT, but second under 95/98.
>>
>>From what I have found this far, it has to do with Windows interpretation of which printer is attached and available by exact name. Even though you may have a network printer installed, it will send the printjob to the network, not through your own Windows printer drivers on your pc. However, with set printer to, it appears to try using your local Windows printer drivers, doesn't find them and chokes.
>>
>>Hope this helps, and if you find something more on this, please pass it back to me.
>>
>>Don
>
>PMJI Don,
>Under NT 4, SP6 I get UNC path names for both the 1st and 2nd columns of the array.

Using Wscript.Network's EnumPrinterConnections method, you get back a collection where the first element is always the port/device naem and the second is the Windows Printer Name.

oWshNet = CREATEOBJ('Wscript.Network')
oPrinters = oWshNet.EnumPrinterConnections()
? oPrinters.Count
FOR EACH Item in oPrinters
   ? Item
ENDFOR