I held off on trying what you said because I'm missing some of the info I need to try it. I did successfully delete the the HP printer from cups using the command you gave me. I have about 1140 HP ppd files! The question is which one is the best one (there is no perfect match). I did a separate post on this question several minutes ago. For the second "lpadmin" command, 1. How do I get the correct string to substitute for your "hplj-pro-m201"? 2. How do I get the thing to substitute for your "socket://192.168.1.machineipaddress:9100" Note that the connection to the printer is a USB cable going from the back of my home workstation's tower to the back of the printer. There's no network, and I'm not using wireless. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx