Thanks Sergey, I think I'll see if anyone with a dot matrix printer (preferable an Okidata ML 320 or similar) receives the same functionality or if it is just my system...

Tracy

>Hi Tracy,
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>I don't have the dot matrix printer however printing to Epson Inkject works fine using your code.
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>>Sergey,
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>>I am experiencing something rather strange. I added my form 8.5x5.5 and gave it a name of Half-Sheet and it is selectable for the dot matrix printer. I stripped out all of the printer specific stuff in the .frx (like I usually do) and only added PAPERSIZE=167 to the EXPR memo field in the .frx.
>>Now, when I print the report to the dot matrix printer it always prompts me for a file name and prints it to a file. Any idea how that happened? It happens even when I select the printer and papersize in MSFT Word.
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>>Just an update: I deleted the printer in windows and added it back. then I created a new form with the same size. I can print normally to the printer in VFP or WORD UNTIL I print using the new papersize. Once I do that, from that point on, no matter what papersize I choose (even letter) it prompts for a filename to print to. Even printing a test page prints to a file after the first time I use the new papersize.
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>>Here is the code I used:
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