This really hasn't a whole lot to do with our HP3000, other than the fact that the HP3000 is on the other end of the WAN. But I know there are JetDirect users out there who may be able to help, so here goes: We had a 10Base2 LAN in our accounting office with three PC's (WIN95 peer-to-peer) and a LJIII on a JetDirect (external) box. Printing worked well, with only occasional problems printing massive runs of bar code labels on 2 x 2, legal size label stock. We just converted them over to a 10BaseT network which now goes through a 3Com hub and Cisco router over frame relay to our HP3000. We ran cables to each PC and one also for the JetDirect box so everything is connected via the hub. After connecting everything together, The LJIII would print "normal" (memos, letters, etc) print jobs just fine, but when we sent the massive bar code label job to it, it would get "confused" and print "funny" labels. This never happened using the old network. After messing around with various cables and reloading the print drivers, etc., we just gave up and connected the LJIII directly to one of the PC's, slaved it off of that, and shared it to the other PC's. This not only cured the "confusion" problem, but everything prints much, much faster now. So, my question is: what good is this JetDirect box? It obviously doesn't work for us, but is it because of an inherent problem with the JetDirect box, or some configuration problem on our part? Jim Phillips Manager of Information Systems Voice: (915) 860-9933 Therm-O-Link of Texas, Inc. Fax: (915) 860-9936 1295 Henry Brennan Email: [log in to unmask] El Paso, Texas 79936