Problem, a two line document takes 5 to 6 minutes to print. I had set the printer up through Yast and test printed, printed right out fine. Anything else I send to printer takes forever to print no matter how small. Anythig through KDE, OpenOffice they have the same result. Printer Epson Stylus Photo 780 USB Cups see's the default as Epson Stylus Photo 780, Foomatic + gimp-print (recommended) Description: EPSON Stylus Photo 780 Location: USB printer on //EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20780?serial=NC0LL0104171643300 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs. Device URI: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20780?serial=NC0LL0104171643300 In the KDE Control Panel Printers the default printer (named normal) is set to fax. All of the other options are empty. If I try to go into KDE printer adminstrator mode it locks up. Usually the default printer is lo something, I have no idea what normal means? It seems I have no printer setup in KDE and have no idea how to get yast to tell KDE I have a printer. I looked in the cups script and port 631 is open and I think that is the port the printer goes out on. Yet I think it goes to never never land and back. I went into localhost:631 printers I have draft draft_gray high high_gray normal normal_gray photo phot_gray veryhigh veryhigh_gray All set with Description: EPSON Stylus Photo 780 Location: USB printer on //EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20780?serial=NC0LL0104171643300 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs. Device URI: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20780?serial=NC0LL0104171643300 The printer is on the same computer, not a network printer. It's the only printer I have setup. I don't run a firewall but do have a Linksys router. Thanks for any suggestions John -- "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost