Try restarting lpd. > ??? I thought spooldir was lpd/hptq this is also a mystery. HP never told me to _create_ /var/spool/lpd/hptq .. so I didn't. The lpd just dupmed the spooled jobs into /var/spool/lpd. Then for kicks I mkdir hptq... lpd _still_ dumped the jobs into /var/spool/lpd. I don't understand this behaviour either. Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax