Have fun using apsfilter by saying: lpr ascii.Z test.gif picture.tiff TeX.dvi.gz That's what apsfilter is designed for ;-) apsfilter is a printfilter, that saves you the work to a) look for and b) use filter programs, that convert your file into something suitable for your printer. Everything will be translated into Postscript, first. So you need ghostscript, if you don't have a PS printer. Printer Setup is done with the SETUP program. It saves your current printcap entries and creates printcap entries for one or more of your local printers. Please note, that such a magic printcap filter only works on locally connected printers. Have fun ! Andreas Klemm