Hi, I have the lpd running on both the machines. In fact, after the new entries in my printcap, I have restarted lpd. The results were posted only after these things failed. The HOWTO was not much of a help. sridhar --------------------------------------------------------------- Sridhar M.A. Powered by: University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Mysore 570 006, INDIA