Within the next few weeks, I hope to install 8.1 on my home system (currently the broken-X 8.0 that I want to figure out before I upgrade, but that's another thread). I have a little home network via a D-Link hub/router (same as LinkSys, if you've met them). My Linux PC is directly connected to a DeskJet color printer (via parallel port). My wife's Win98 PC is directly connected (parallel port) to an old LaserJet4. Additionally, both of us sometimes bring home our employer-supplied laptops that might attach to the home network. Can someone suggest what I should install/configure, to get the best out of this arrangement? The goal would be to have ANYBODY on our little network be able to use the color DeskJet, and anybody be able to use the LaserJet. So... 1) Anything special to consider when installing SuSE 8.1? Or just say yes to anything that looks like CUPS? 2) What (if anything) must be done on the Win98 PC to let it see/use my printer? 3) What (if anything) must be done on the Win98 PC to let my 8.1 PC see/use the LaserJet printer? 4) I assume that I should just be sending PCL to either printer? What about when the Win machines want to print to the DeskJet. Does CUPS locally need to be told to do/ignore anything? The Win boxen would just send PCL naturally, I assume... Just for once, I'd like to approach this stuff correctly from the beginning, rather than screwing it all up and spending the next several months trying to recover. :-) It would probably make more sense to have my Linux PC act as the server for all printers, but the wife owns the LaserJet and her home office is two floors away from mine. I don't think I could convince her to walk all those stairs for every printout. :-) /kevin