Thanks to all who responded. This is the one that gave me an idea that worked: On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Paul Johnson wrote: > If you have that same problem I do, you will know it if you do > system-config-printer and say you want a new printer, and it will list > several devices, all of which are related to your usb plugged in > printer. Before the new system-config-printer came out, I used to see > like > > /dev/usb0 > /dev/hal-hp1300 > /dev/lp0 > > all of which seemed to point at the same device, and it was never > consistent which one I was supposed to use. Using CUPS to remove the printer and add it again did the trick. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Horse guts never lie." -- Cherek Bear-Shoulders