>Are you doing this with the Report Writer? You might want to repost this as a Report problem in the Report category. With any luck Cathy, one of our resident report writer gurus, will be lurking.
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>>PROBLEM: I can't stop the printer from form feeding beyond the TEAR-OFF level. It always form feeds way too much. The user has to manually use the PLATEN knob to roll the tag to tear off bar.
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>>I've seen other DOT matrix printer advance the tag just enough so that the user only has to tear the printed tags and the printer will automatically reset the tag to proper printer position.
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>>Anyway I can't seem to make my Okidata ML320 to work that way.

Have you tried some of the basic functions?
1. Set the page length on the printer to the proper distance (# lines). If you hit the form feed button on the printer, does the form go too far?
2. Set the page size in the report writer
3. Position the paper properly in the printer before turning it on

Just my 2 cents.
HTH
Pete