Neighborhood. I then installed the HPLJ4000 driver locally on the Win2K client, but when I print (e.g. from Notepad) I get the following error: 'A StartDocPrinter call was not issued' Other programs simply state 'Could not start print job'. Are there any files that need to be created/configured besides /etc/printcap and smb.conf ? Where/how does the script 'smbprint' fit in? Here are the packages that I have installed (from LPRng HowTo section 2.1) : LPRng-3.7.4-28 ifhp-3.4.9-1 ghostscript-6.51-16 gv-3.5.8-13 file-3.35-2 Below are my printcap and (partial) smb.conf files... # /etc/printcap # # DO NOT EDIT! MANUAL CHANGES WILL BE LOST! # This file is autogenerated by printconf-backend during lpd init. # # Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be included. lab-red:\ :sh:\ :ml=0:\ :mx=0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lab-red:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lab-red/lab-red.acct:\ :lp=|/usr/share/printconf/util/jetdirectprint:\ :lpd_bounce=true:\ :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper: ############################################################################### ## Everything below here is included verbatim from /etc/printcap.local ## ############################################################################### # printcap.local # # This file is included by printconf's generated printcap, # and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers. # /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] . . . load printers = Yes printcap name = /etc/printcap . . . [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = No [printers] comment = Lab Printers path = /var/spool/lpd/samba printable = Yes print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold %p %j lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release %p %j queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start browseable = No If anyone can recommend further reading or send me some example configs it would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike