Bob,

The browser must support cascading style sheets (1.0 or better) for the Print to HTML command. This would include, but not be limited to:

IE4, IE5.x, IE6, IE7, Mozilla, NS6, NS7, Konqueror (Linux), Opera5, Opera6.

IE3.x and NS4.x predate CSS.

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You are correct Mark HP did not release a driver for XP.
The driver I'm using is the 2500 series from within XP which I presume to be the NT 4.0 driver

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Viewing it in IE 6 is the same as Printing to paper except the form fits the screen in width, same elements and a command button at the bottom of the form get moved up into the bottom of the subform.
Or I should say the subforms lines increase in height which expands the subform in length, which inturn places the element and command button in the subform.

If I open the html file in word it rearranges everything on the form to one line items down the left margin.

I guess I can try re-loading the the print driver from HP's site starting with the NT 4.0 driver, the lite 2000 driver I think from memory was for laptops.

If anyone else is using  a HP 2500 series printer and are not having any problems would you post your driver name/date thanks

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Please pass this on to support@lantica.com.

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Our log files for the web server show only a small percentage using browsers more than 3 years old. Netscape 4 (June 1997-Nov 2000) and IE 4 (Oct 1997 - Mar 1999), make up only a tiny fraction of our traffic. The scarcity of older browsers among the general surfing public may account for the oversight in the documentation / requirements.

However, I was using Netscape 3.0 until last year when I switched to Mozilla.

So while our customers do have a penchant for DOS based programs (or is it a particular DOS based program?), they seem to be on the cutting (bleeding?) edge when it comes to browsers. This page (the Forum) depends heavily on CSS - so anyone using our Forum likely has a browser made since 1999.

General Note:
We use very little CSS in the reports, because the browser support for it is a little spotty. There are a couple of report functions that require it - like forced page breaks. But if your browser doesn't support CSS, table based reports should be okay. The only function in Sesame where CSS is strictly required is the Print to HTML command - where we need CSS to get absolute positioning.

By the way there is a browser history page at:
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/browsers.htm

that includes a CSS support history at:
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/supportkey/syntax.htm

if anyone is interested.

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When you say, "...the driver for my printer is the one within XP" do you mean that you are using a driver that came with the operating system? Here's what I'm thinking: earlier you told me that when the print dialog appeared, you went to the "properties" tab before printing. Doing so caused Sesame to print relatively normally:
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This makes me suspect that some variable in the driver is not defaulting properly. By going to the properties dialog you may have forced the default value. It may well be that Sesame needs to send a special command (just for that driver/OS/printer combination) to force the same value through. Are you using any non-Microsoft programs that print to that printer other than Q&A? I am especially interested in anything that does graphical screen dumps. I may be able to do a little research specific to your combination of OS/Drivers/Printer.

Mark, Thanks for battling this headache, almost at the stage of looking for a new printer 
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Yes, with XP Pro until I downloaded the 2 drivers from HP and tried today. Currently running under the NT 4.0 driver from HP's site.
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Drawing programs include Visual Cadd, Auto Cadd Lt (just uninst but was printing fine), Vector and  Rhino.
Print direct from Scanner (HP5300c)
Print photo's using Cannon Photo Record and Kodak Picture Printer
Also print from Adobe Acrobat & Distiller as well as Photoshop.
Dos programs are Q&A of course and our CNC software but that is just printing from its built in text editor.
Most of the others are MS programs such as Office.

Now we also run under Lantastic which will not let XP share its printer, so as a check I uninstall Lantastic and removed the XP machine off the network but this made no difference with the printing problems.

Mark, I can print using the print default or by clicking options in the print dialog box method, that I can handle, the real problem to me is that it reduces the form and font size. Fonts end up at about 8 to 6pt, and the form at 6.25" wide thats the real headache.
thanks becky

We've gone from about 80% or so tested working to well past 95% tested and working. Its really coming down to specific printers (instead of families) and specific OSs.

In your case, the error was:

"Printer Driver Problem.  Data required by the printer driver cannot be found or has been corrupted". 

which is indicative of a corrupted print driver.