Hello, My sister has got an old Braille and speak, I think it is the BNS clasic. She has an hp500 inkjet printer which has both paralel and serial ports. She want to replace this printer with a new printer, prefferably, one of these multi-functionnal printer/scanner/fax machines. I am almost certain that one will not find a new printer that can accept text as it will come from the Braille and Speak because these things need drivers. Currently she is using a 486 running RedHat with which the internet connection and email is handled. This box is accessed with another 486 running dos with a prose 4000 speech card. I was thinking that one can by a new linus-supported printer and make the linux box "listen" on the serial port for data from the braille and speak. One can then take the data and send it through lp to the new printer through its driver. Has anyone done this, or is there a better/easier way? Whatever i set up for her would have to be easy to use. Thanks for any ideas! regards, Willem -- Willem van der Walt Information Services Directorate Department of Health South Africa tel: 27 12 3120700