The section on AppSocket Devices (11.5.1) seems to be close to what I was babbling about: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/network.html#NETWORKED-PRINTERS I don't know if it applies... >>> Troy.A.Johnson at state.mn.us 07/26/01 04:48PM >>> I vaguely remember reading that jetdirect cards expect communication on port 9000 (or 9001, or something like that) and that you had to designate that in the config file: :rm=skinner at 9000:\ or something close (since ":" is already used as a separator).