Thanks for the reply, will give the cupctl commands a try when I get home - don't have remote access, and will checkout log files

cheers, Grant

thanks, I have CUPS installed, and I have not managed to print a word document from a windows 7 client, but now I can't print pdf's from windows clients. I can happily print a pdf from the ubuntu desktop, but if I submit a pdf from a windows client a job seems to get submitted to the print queue but...

Hi All. I have got my canon mp860 connected up to amahi on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, I can connect via vnc and print a ubuntu test page, i can add the canon printer on windows & install the dirvers. but as soon as I try and print from winodws (7 pro) I get a print error in showing in the print q and n...