>Fred,
>I appreciate that fact that the problem is not in VFP but what is Word doing to not have the problem and why aren't these solutions part of VFP?

AFAIK, these were *supposed* to be fixed in SP3, (you've stated you have SP4). Don't know why they don't work. VFP7 is supposed to have similar code to Word, etc., so maybe it will finally be fixed then.

IAC, if you want to print from within VFP, you have to live by it's rules/problems. You don't have to use the manufacturer's driver if Windows supplies one that works. HP drivers (some others, too) still suck.