Dear Paul, do you have lpr installed? Check the following commands, the output should be similar to mine: joachim@debian:~$ which lpr /usr/bin/lpr joachim@debian:~$ dpkg -s lpr Package: lpr Status: hold ok installed Priority: standard Section: net (...) If not: apt-get install lpr . HTH, Joachim -- Joachim Fahnenmüller Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik Herder-Gymnasium Kattowitzer Straße 52 51065 Köln