I actually solved the problem in this recent thread by doing the following workaround: 1) share the printer, 2) in the printcap refer to the printer with the path, i.e lp=ine/printer Now I have to figure out how to send a linefeed at the end of the jobs, otherwise the last page requires manual intervention in the printer... -- Walter Garcia-Fontes Barcelona, Spain -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/