I have managed to setup SAMBA and the printer can print locally from Linux. Printer was setup using printtool I have problem printing from win2k to the printer that is hooked up to the Linux server. 1. I have ensure that the paths to the spool is the same on smb.conf as well as printcap 2. I have throw the permission for the spool directory wide open. 3. after I tried printing from win2k, I couldn't find any files or printjob in the spool directory. 4. I am using HP LaserJet 1100. Printtool is setup to use HP Laser 4 (dithered) . any ideas how to solve this? thanks YS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/