When you say that you've tried "settings," did you specifically try the two emulation modes the printer supports? I have seen something very similar on dot-matrix printers that were set up for the wrong configuration -- ESC vs. IBM. Ah dot-matrix... Cheers, Mike Whalen The Computer Valet -- Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com