Originally to: All I have a Cannon BJC-1000 connected to my SuSE 6.3 box. on bootup, I see in my dmesg: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP] cat /proc/parport/0/autoprobe showes: CLASS:PRINTER; MODEL:BJC-1000; MANUFACTURER:Canon; DESCRIPTION:Canon BJC-1000; COMMAND SET:BJL,BJRaster,BSCC,TXT01; So far so good. now as root: cat test > /dev/lp0 but nothing appears on the printer. The printer shoots out a sheet of paper when I boot the PC down. Also, If I use lpr then lpq showes no queued items. Any suggestions as to what maybe wrong. Sean -- GNUPG ID 92B9D0CF | Fidonet: 2:263/950 | IRC: Efnet ICQ: 679813 | Homepage: http://www.tcob1.net | #mysticbbs Linux User: #124682 | AIM: tcobone | As TheCivvie My last power cut was 0d, 1h and 22m ago ...No one is listening until you fart <-> Gateway Info. This is a posting via the Fidonet Gateway at TCOB1 Any replies direct via Email will be sent to /dev/null Please reply via the list. TCOB1 http://www.tcob1.net For info pls contact sean@tcob1.net