Hello. Surely the problem regarding printers and parallel port zip drives has been discussed before. I also think there's a web at www.torque.net, but I can't remember well. Anyway, I'll ask you the question :-) As I told you in my last message, I use SuSE 5.3, with kernel 2.2.10. I've tried to recompile the kernel so that it supports my parallel zip drive and my printer. I've tried nearly everything (including all the options in the kernel, compiling them as modules...) but nothing works. My printer is a HP 720c. It seems I have configured my "printcap" ok with YaST, but the thing is that it doesn't print. When I try to print sth with the lpr command, and then do "lpq" to see the queue, at the top it says "Waiting for printer (offline?)". Of course my printer is on when I try to print or to see the queue. How can I configure my kernel or whatever so that it works? (if you think it's better to give me the URL I won't have any problems; I'm a bit lost with this subject so any help is very useful). Regards, _________________________________ Àlex Maneu - nexus.mansoft@ctv.es ICQ: 12433233 Phones: +34932967792, +34619541839 PGP Public Key Available at http://www.amaneu.informaticos.org http://plataforma.hypermart.net http://www.mansoft.informaticos.org TARIFA PLANA YA! _________________________________