thanks for the helpful ideas but they did not work, I still find my printer in a folder on the desktop the file name is Desktop (Mac OS9) it is not a problem with appletalk or preferences because the printer works great in classic system but not in Jag 10.2, next round of ideas? thanks Henry Aubert __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com