>Mike said: > >[portions snipped...] > >The other option our IBM people said is to use LPR/LPD which >would allow the IBM to transfer spoolfiles directly to the HP. > I don't know much about LPD, other than it's a printer >spooler common on Unix boxes. Is LPD available on iX boxes? You might check out RAC and their networking solution. I believe it can send/receive over tcp/ip and would give you lpr/lpd style support. We use it to print to network printers and it works great! -- Duane Percox (Quintessential School Systems) [log in to unmask] | www: www.aimnet.com/~qssnet/ | ftp: ftp.aimnet.com/pub/users/qssnet/