I have an HP LJ5L XTRA that I have hooked to the parallel port on one of my SuSE Linux 6.3 boxes. Per SuSE's hardware support database, I have used YAST to set this printer up via APS filter as: Printer type: Other printer Printer name: ljet4 Paper format: a4 Connected to port: Parallel Port Device name: /dev/lp0 Resolution in dpi: 600x600 Configuration of apsfilter was successful! The following printers have been created on your system: ### ljet4 a4 mono 600 ### ascii|lp1|ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600|ljet4 a4 ascii mono 600 lp|lp2|jet4-a4-auto-mono-600|ljet4 ar auto mono 600 raw|lp3|ljet4-a4-raw|ljet4 a4 raw I then tried (per another article I have in my SuSE-Linux-E archives) to use lpc to clean out the queues, down all the printers, and bring them back up again: lpc lpc> down all ascii: printer and queueing disabled lp: printer and queueing disabled raw: printer and queueing disabled lpc> clean all ascii: lp: raw: lpc> up all ascii: printing enabled daemon started lp: printing enabled daemon started raw: printing enabled daemon started lpc> quit Then I tried to lpr a simple file (again): lpr /etc/hosts.allow Again, no life from the printer. lpq shows: Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1st root 0 /etc/hosts.allow 272 bytes 2nd root 1 /etc/hosts.allow 272 bytes I've tried setting up under Yast as an lj5grey, and lj5mono, same results (ie, no life from the printer). Yes it's plugged in, and yes it's turned on. :-) The computer's bios shows that the parallel port is configured at I/O 378 and IRQ 7. The parallel port mode has three options: SPP EPP1.7 ECPEPP1.7 (with DMA option currently set to 3) EPP1.9 ECP (with DMA option currently set to 3) ECPEPP1.9 (with DMA option currently set to 3) <<<--- current selection Oh, and after rebooting to get that last information, lpc's status command now shows the following: ascii: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 2 entries in spool area waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?) raw: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present In summary: ARGH! -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/