Adam, Don't know squat about cups, but a quick glance at envp[10]="DEVICE_URI=ipp://crew.morrison.iserv.net:80/printers/actps" would lead me to believe that this line should have port 631 instead of port 80. Regards, Bob Robert V. Kanaley Manager Information Systems Agdia, Inc. rvk at agdia.com http://www.agdia.com