On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > I forgot to answer did I use --nodeps,no I didn't mainly because I did > know it was necessary. ---- It shouldn't ever be necessary to use --nodeps That's how you broke things in the first place. If cups service is started (and didn't quit), you should be able to use... Administration => Printing and set up your printer now make sure it can print a test page from that configuration tool before you try printing with any other program Craig