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Message: [QUOTE="bartc, post: 4010980"] Until recently at least printers were non-text-only but did not necessarily accept only bitmap images. For example they might use Postscript, HP/PCL or Epson Esc/p (or whatever the exact names were). I'm fairly certain the last two responded directly to chr(12) codes in the input stream. Windows may or may not drive these in bitmap mode (which can be simpler for Windows, but then you lose any special processing available inside the printer), but given the task of sending a TXT file to such a printer, it is not unreasonable to expect it to honour codes such as CR, LF and FF, especially as most printers seem to be page-oriented now rather than use roll or fanfold paper. It would just need to translate FF into the page-break command for the printer in question, eg. send the image so far and eject the page, just as it might do for EOF. [/QUOTE]