I've just spent three very unproductive hours wrestling with a couple of printers on my SuSe 10.2 desktop. (I've had both printers - a Brother HL-5140 and an HP-1220c connected via USB cables for a without any problem. Both printers print fine to Windows, and the Brother works fine for Linux. The HP-1220c prints a line or two of garbage and spits out the page, repeating on subsequent pages). In 10.1 I did find it easier to configure my printers through CUPS than through YAST, but in 10.2 I can't get CUPS to enter a password at all. I did manage to get the following dialog when I tried to enter a password: BobsDesktop:~ # lppasswd -a rsmits greetings4950 Usage: lppasswd [-g groupname] [username] lppasswd [-g groupname] -a [username] lppasswd [-g groupname] -x [username] BobsDesktop:~ # lppasswd -g sys -a rsmits Enter password: Enter password again: BobsDesktop:~ # BobsDesktop:~ # As root I can access cupsd.conf and edit it, but don't know what to change and the password.md5 file is empty. I've tried everything I can think of to get CUPS to behave with no avail, and that includes switching from USB to Parallel ports, on both printers (one at a time) - it just will not let me add a password - even one for root. YAST isn't any better. I can get the Brother Printer going but it's only mono, and I need my 1220C for large colour pictures. It worked just fine in 10.1. In Yast, I've checked and they're both using different USB ports - and right now I even have the 1220C connected to a parallel port. I haven't got enough hair left to tear any out, but I feel like it. As far as I can tell 10.2 just won't let me print to my 1220C. Suggestions anyone? -- Bob Smits Ph 250-245-2553 Fax 250-245-5531 E-mail bob@rsmits.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org