thanks chris and craig;
went to usb , shut down, restarted, then re set it up in OO. OO is weird 
though, wouldn't print if it was the default printer, only if it wasn't 
and i selected it separately.... go figure.
thanks C-squared, you guys always are helpful.
bettyi.

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