Hi, Tim.

>I am having a problem in my application that can be reproduced in the vfp 8 dev environment as well as follows.
>
>1) Go to page setup
>2) select a printer (not thedefault)
>3) set some properties on the printer (image compression , page size)
>4) press ok
>
>- Note if you go back in later without restarting the settings remain
>
>Now if I restart the dev environment the printer is set back to the default.
>Where does it save and set this information and how can I make it retain when the applicat / dev environment is resta´rted?

You can't do it right from VFP. Take a look at those utilities to see one fits your needs:

Printer Control Functions File #9588

Printer.dll library File #19616

Hope this helps,