Because, when you send directly to the printer with "??", the Windows printer driver can interfere. That's why I suggest that you first write everything to a file, using ? and ??. Then, send everything to the printer, all at once, with ???.

For printing in text-mode, perhaps my download #9991 can help you.

>Hi,
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>Thank for your advise.
>Some of my printer function is not working under ??
>command even thought I though I think of using them.
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>For example
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>Actual command
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>Chr(27)+chr(83)+chr(1)
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>My code example under VFP list below is not working,
>I won't know why. Any ideal ?
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>* sample NOT working using ??
>* the chr(27) is taken out as
>* font 'control' is acting on behalf of it
>SET PRINTER FONT "Control",10
>?? chr(83)+chr(1)
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>* sample working using ???
>??? chr(27)+chr(83)+chr(1)
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>>I use ? and ?? to prepare a text file. Things will NOT print directly to the printer, unless you give special commands.
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>>Then, I load the file into memory (FileToStr()), and send it to the printer with ???.
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>>The difference between ? and ?? is that ? will start a new line first.
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>>I didn't have problems with ???, but if you do have problems, there is a download by Ed Rauh, that is supposed to solve those problems. Text gets printed through the Windows API.