I added what you suggested, here is the error I get when I try to load the XML file directly in the browser: 
XML Parsing Error: syntax error
Location: http://localhost/now.xml
Line Number 1, Column 1:Content-Type: text/xml
^

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I am looking for a specific CGI XML header way of printing a header. Below is what the raw xml file looks like now. 
Content-Type: text/xml^M
^M

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Trying this now 
print CGI->header('text/xml');
      
        print "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>\n";

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<edit> This didn't work either. 
XML Parsing Error: syntax error
Location: http://localhost/now.xml
Line Number 1, Column 1:Content-Type: text/xml
^

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Content-Type: text/xml^M
^M
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

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In reply to Re^2: XML::Generator bad header? by hallikpapa
in thread XML::Generator bad header? by hallikpapa

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