> I had this recently. Open the report as a table and in the first record,
> field Expr, add or modify the text so that the line "COLOR=2" appears on
> its own line (I also remove all other lines except the "DRIVER=winspool"
> line. This worked for me.


Dominic & Hector --

thanks for replies. i got a little more vicious and deleted
_everything_ from the Expr, Tag1, and Tag2 fields. at first i
thought that cured it.

i had installed the printer with the PostScript (PS) option.
when VFP tried to send to printer, it created some monstrously
huge spool file. i ended up un-installing and reinstall the printer
as PCL6 option. then it worked.

i appreciate the explanation about the COLOR & DRIVER attributes
in the Expr field. i'll be experimenting more with those, but
at least my users can print now.

> Why Microsoft choose to embed specific Printer settings in a system
> designed to be distributed is a question for another time ...

no kidding !!! strange decision.

thanks again you guys!!