Gibson, Could it be possible NSSWITCH.NET.SYS is configured to use HOSTS.NET.SYS first and then DNS lookup to resolve names ? If so, does printer name/IP show in HOSTS.NET.SYS ? Removing it from there might force system to use DNS only to resolve name to IP address.. Hope this will help ! -- ============== Denis St-Amand (remove removeit from email address) <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:1107966698.234887.249510@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > When I use NSLOOKUP it is not using the domain name server that I > entered in the RESLVCNF.NET.SYS file. I can't get the spooler to find > a network printer defined in NPCONFIG. How do I get the domain name > service working? > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *