hi nathan and craig et al. ;
thanks for your suggestions, i did a quick check of the linuxprinting 
and the hp driver site; they did have my printer but today the task 
looks daunting.  i will work on this another day :-\ . i am saving the 
sites you directed me to.
thanks again.
betty i.

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