>The carriage returns are appearing in unusual places, for example
>
>1. Effecti M
> v a
> e Date y
> 15, 2002 at 7:00 a.m.
>
>"Effective Date" is hard coded in the report.
>
>I scanned the data and no carriage returns in the data.
>
>???????????

Try swapping out the cables. Maybe you have a kink in the cable and data is getting messed up on its way to the printer or network.