I was able to partially debug the problem i was having I was trying to print the stuck documents in /var/spool/samba but kept getting error messages saying that the documents where unprintable. I accidently tried the lpr -v option thinking it was for Verbose info... That fixed it! Now I just have to figure out why samba is saving my documents in raster format. I had a suggestion to try different drivers on the windows side.. They are staight ps2 drivers for the lexmark 1885 printer... I tried to use the PCL drivers but it started to crop a few lines here and there... Bottom line is that if I don't use the lpr -v option nothing gets printed... Anyone have an idea why? Also.. I don't seem to be getting any emails from the samba list.. even though I've had a few answers sent my way from people reading my earlier posts.... Thanks bob Robert Bartels Network Administrator Department of Physiology MS571 Chandler Medical Center University of Kentucky 40536 606.323.6264 physiology.uky.edu