I assume this allows you to place spool data into a directory. My question is how do you print this data once it is there?

Normally, the usual linux 'lpr' subsystem takes over, once it is in the spool (this is configured using the 'printer capabilities database' - /etc/printcap - I think) I think lpq lists the printer queue - there is also a general 'control' command that lets you obtain the status of printers, etc - but I can't remember what it is (it is probably listed on the man page for lpr and lpq). There are generally 2 ways of printing via samba : 1. Drivers are on the Linux box, and clients just print using basic drivers and let Linux do the formatting (eg ghostscript, etc for ps jobs, etc) 2. Linux box treats printer as a 'raw device' - ie it has effectively no driver for the printer. In this case, the normal windows drivers are installed on the clients, and Linux just passes on the received data direct to the printer. In the latter case, Linux could not print to the device (without an additional local printer configuration being setup). Kevin.