Hi Al,

I tested that first. It prints in draft mode as it should.

>What happens if you dump a straight ASCII text file to the printer -

* from a DOS prompt:
>COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT LPT1 /B

Of course, turn the printer off then on again before you do this to make sure you're at the printer default.
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>>Yes the default settings on the printers are to print in draft mode. However, when the print job is sent to the printer in this case it switches to NLQ mode and then any other print job (like @...say for instance) retains the DRAFT setting as it should.
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>>>The few times I've printed to dot matrix printers I've had no problem using the Generic/Text Only driver.
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>>>One thing you might check: the Oki printers may be set to print in NLQ when fed straight ASCII. It should be possible to configure them to print in draft when fed straight ASCII. IIRC you use some sort of button combination to "save" your current settings as the default - I believe these printers do have a small amount of EEPROM/Flash RAM or whatever. Check your printer manuals for details.