You said: | lp -c -d%p %s;rm %s <-spools fine but is removed before the whole job | is printed (only get the first few pages) | lp -d%p %s <-- works great but spool file is not removed. If your system has the lpr comamnd, try lpr -P%p %s, with and without the -s option. What kind of Unix is it, anyway? --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain Willowdale, Ontario | davecb@hobbes.ss.org, canada.sun.com N2M 1Y3. 416-223-8968 | http://java.science.yorku.ca/~davecb