Bonnie Roman wrote in message ... >Hi Gang, > >I have a question, we're currently replacing our HP-IB printer ldev 6 with a >network printer. > >Is it possible to configure ldev 6 in ioconfig and assign an IP address via >npconfig just like you would on a regular network printer or is it different? If >so, what's the best approach? > >TIA >Bonnie > Hi Bonnie While I don't know if this is recommended or not, I have done this to both of our HP3000s. (1) I made sure that I knew what I was doing by setting up another LDEV as a network printer using SYSGEN & NPCONFIG, as described in "Native Mode Spooler Reference Manual". (2) When I was happy that it worked, I modified LDEV 6 in a similar manner. (3) My script for shutting down network services includes the command "SPOOLER DEV=LP ;STOP;OPENQ". When NS is started, "SPOOLER DEV=LP;START". HTH Campbell Fethers Systems Manager CANNEX (Aust) Pty Ltd