I will answer both of the previous points in this comment. I am not using preview. I am using the print command and printing to "file". I have tried the output in excel, HTML and word and none make any difference. I do not get the option of "clearing" after I have printed.
Andrew, I tried setting "Allow posting journal purge" to "off" and the posting journal and the unpost journal are now "OK" when I go to "Close Current Fiscal Year" but the Batch Status Report must still be printed and cleared. And of course, no matter where I print it to, I cannot clear it. However, I don't mind printing the batch status report to paper - it is only a couple of pages. It was the 145 page posting journal that I really really didn't want to have to print to the printer! So I am good to go and I appreciate the difficulty when you are unable to duplicate the problem on your end. Thanks for your help.