Hi, I erased the original post... but I found that if I have parport modules loaded, the printer would not print. "rmmod" them --> printer works. -----------start--------------- quake:~ # lsmod Module Size Used by parport_probe 2884 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 5024 1 (autoclean) lp 4508 0 (autoclean) parport 6788 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp] -------------end---------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>