so apparently the printer name and the share name for the printer need to be the same so cups knows where to send the print job. <p>By the way, my configuration file was generated by SWAT, so it was SWAT that put the * command's in the conf file, and it was SWAT that allowed me to name the share something other than the name of the printer. <p>Dan <p>Ries van Twisk wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I use cups for printing and using this in [global] <p>> [global] <br>... <br>... <br>> printcap name = cups <br>> printing = cups <br>... <br>... <p>That's it. <br>No [print] share or any printing command. <p>Using samba 2.0.7 <br>Cups 1.1.4 <p>Regards, <br>Ries</blockquote> <pre>-- Daniell Freed Computer Services Dewitt, Ross, & Stevens S.C. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzche</pre> </html> --------------F8AE962C751020B690A7884D--