If this is answered in a HOWTO, just refer me to that. I have read many without success. Some linux printing docs suggest samba print may be my solution. Printing from a Linux box to a Novell printer has worked through many network changes and upgrades. My campus just moved to Novell 4.1 and introduced a local spooler (286) between the server and the printer. After the change to 4.1, a lantronic box lantronic box sat where the spooler is now. That hardware failed and was replaced by the old 286. This is the exact moment printing failed. Currently, most of a file is dropped and what is printed is fuzzy with a few gibberish characters in the left margin. The printer is HP-4p (non-postscript). I use lpd (lpc, lpq, lprm). Printcap defines the novell server and queue correctly (it did work). ghostscript translates to native HP format. The linux box, the server and the spooler have static IPs ---Printer2 Linux Server Gobs of Spooler---Printer1 (HP) I I workstations I I I I ---Campus Backbone-----------------------------------------> Internet This is a complex network and I am showing a very simplified version of the local net (yes, over fiber shared by many sub-nets). Thank you kindly for any help. Mark Hansel (218-236-2039) hansel@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu