First Time Informix User

Hello World : I have just started using informix and still trying to get some ideas about how strong a DBMS package it is. I am having some problems in printing Ace reports......well all I want to do is to have various font size options builtwithin the report. That is to say, someone who wants Courier 10 cpi bold format to print out the header of the report, how will he do that or say I want to use the compressed printing mode of the hp laserjet III printer..... now I can change the font setting of the printer manually and then send the job for printing....but can I built this within the report itself. What I have tried so far is to write the report in a file, then pass the file thru a shell script that sends the <ESC> sequence to the printer to change the font size.....but I want everything built within the program so that a less knowledgeable user can just printit everytime without any problems. I would really appreciate if some one can guide me to incorporate this within the program itself. My email is ddutta@unmvax.cs.unm.edu Dev Dutta University of New Mexico, CS Dept.