> Any ideas would be much appreciated. I have read the manual and it is not a whole lot of help on this.

btw, other options that come to mind
install the printer twice (once with portrait,one with landscape)
and use SET PRINTER TO NAME to switch

create a cursor with a memo field - "upload" the ascii file and use a VFP
report :
btw, to change the orientation once you have a vfp report, do something like :

USE reportname
LOCATE FOR ObjCode=53 and ObjType=1
and in the memo field for that record change the line
"ORIENTATION=0" to "ORIENTATION=1"

Arnon