I got the return of the error working using your code. Thanks Sergey! It was returning '53 network path no found.' Testing, I've since determined that the printername passed to copyfile has to be the sharename "\\NCSERVER\HP_4000" and not the windows printer name: "\\NCSERVER\HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6"

Now I have to figure out a way to determine the share name of the printer based on the windows printer name. It turns out that the Okidata windows name and share name were identical but not the same with the laserjet. Any ideas? In my VFP app they choose a printer based on getprinter() which returns the window printer name . I will now need to determine if it is a local printer, a port, or get the sharename for the printer....hmmmm