after being so proud of getting the hp photoprinter to work in openoffice, i recently unplugged it from the parallel port, plugged in the laser printer, selected laser printer as the default, printed some stuff. then when i plugged the color printer back in and re selected it as default, it will print a test page from OO but not a file. i have tried what i think is everything, but obviously that is not the answer. anyone have any experience with the gui and changing printers? maybe there is a specific order i should have followed in the unplugging/plugging default sequence. thanks in advance betty i. -- Observare porta non oportet fila domestica visit www.wolfila.homestead.com