On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Thanks. What I was getting at though, was if cups can act as an lpd > server, (I.E. accept connections on tcp 515, using the lpd > protocol). From my reading, it looks like cups can only act as an ipp > server, accepting connections on tcp 631, using the ipp protocol, and > I wanted to confirm if my impressions are correct or not. You may want to research cups-lpd, as it may do what you need. Cups is known to attach to port 515, although whether it implements the protocol correctly, I have no idea. You might find this useful: http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Linux/Printing/Q_23406822.html Regards, Luke