On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 11:27:12PM -0400, Michael Frysinger wrote: vapier> `ps -f -p 13757` vapier> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD vapier> root 13757 13357 0 Jun29 ? 00:00:00 parallel:/dev/lp0 2 root vapier> smbprn.000004.mITl7Y 1 /var/spool/cups/d00002-001 vapier> ... still sitting there doin nothin ;) Not knowing CUPS, I will restrict my comments to generic ones... What's the file format of smbprn.000004.mITl7Y? Is it compatible with what the backend/parallel port/printer is expecting? i.e., if it is postscript, does the printer support postscript? If it is HPGL, does the printer support that? What does file show: file smbprn.000004.mITl7Y What happens if you copy smbprn.000004.mITl7Y to /tmp and do: lpr /tmp/smbprn.000004.mITl7Y Does that work? -- Charles R. Anderson <cra@wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886