>>You can use VFP and scripting or API code to add the "generic text" printer on whatever port they connect the printer to as well as issue a "test" page.
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>I'm going to have to educate myself on that stuff - never really done it before. Do you know of any good resources ?

Go to http://www.vfug.org and look for the WSH articles by George Tasker and Ed Rauh that were published in the September through December 2000 newsletters. Currently, they will be under the "Fourth 50 Files" link and are zipped with filename patterns of NLyyyymm.zip. If you do a search here on the keyword WSH and limit the search to Member ID 17964, you will get numerous hits on replies from Ed Rauh. He still has some applicable links to WSH sites as well as messages that you may find useful.