>>does anyone know how to send a binary print file to the printer?
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>If you mean file created by REPORT Form ... TO File ... (w/out ASCII clause), then you can just use COPY FILE cFilename TO lpt1, if printer is on lpt1.

no they're basically graphics that were printed to a file. i tried it with copy file to lpt1 but it tells me that there is not enough disk space for lpt1. i have 900megs free. the file itself is only about 180k.