At 01:56 PM 6/1/98 -0400, you wrote: >print "\033\046\154\061\117"; > >That would print what you had below. Basically, it is the decimal number >below converted to octal and the \xxx tells it to print octal. > Got it. Many Thanks. Now I am scratching my head in trying to figure out how to actually get this info to the printer. Any suggestions? Bob