You could slew (@ x,y say "something") and use ??? chr(27)+"some control string" to forward PCL or printer control codes. HP printers also have methods that upload prom fonts to windows. FoxFont is nifty.

>I use to CONDENSED font (special Windows font that is very thin) and I use to wide format of paper on my Laser printer 420*297 mm. Only in this case my reports for dos and windows has become the same.
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>>>Did you try use CONDENSEND font in columns?
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>>Actually, using a scalable font, a font size of 6 or 7 should correspond to the 17CPI condensed format.
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>>>>Can anybody tell how can i print a Visual FOx report in the COMPRESSED FORMAT we used to use in MSDOS.
>>>>I tried diferent fonts and size, but i could find a similar compressed format.