Is it possible to suppress the print dialog in Forms

Hello,
I would like to know if anybody here has some experience with printing from
Forms.
In my case, I want to give a Forms user opportunity to make a hardcopy
e.g. to document Forms errors, to have a feedback for further development.
I have a button that invokes PRINT; when it is pressed, several Dialogs
appear:
"page setup -> print -> do not move until print was made and so on...
How could this be suppressed, so if a printer is defined, then
pushing PRINT would just do that.
Any tips are appreciated. ThanX in advance.
Jan=)
BTW: we still use Forms 5 , unfortunately.

Nope.

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