An update kit for users of !Printers 1.53 has been uploaded to ftp.acorn.co.uk; the kit can be found as /pub/riscos/patches/printers153.arc (users of WWW browsers can also find the patch as http://www.art.acorn.co.uk/ftp/riscos/patches/printers153.arc) This update kit for !Printers 1.53 tackles two problems which have affected some users. Most of those affected by the problems will be using RISC OS 3.1 on older Acorn machines. Not all RISC OS 3.1 users are affected. A small number of users with RISC OS 3.5 or 3.6 on Risc PCs or A7000s may be affected. Users of !Printers 1.54 (as supplied with RISC OS 3.7) should install the RISC OS 3.7 ROM patch set (http://www.art.acorn.co.uk/ftp/riscos/patches/riscos370sa.arc) instead, if they have not done so already. The two problems are: - Established applications that printed reliably with !Printers 1.28 or earlier sometimes/always encounter errors and fail to complete a print. - Newer Hewlett Packard printers cannot be used because output to them from the Acorn parallel port is extremely slow. If you are using !Printers 1.52 or earlier, then we recommend that you obtain !Printers 1.53 and then install this update kit. You can obtain !Printers 1.53 (and this update kit) free from Acorn's ftp site. These updates are supplied in good faith, and should remove the above problems entirely. However, please note that it is not possible for Acorn to test and guarantee the updates for all applications, nor for all Hewlett Packard printers, with all combinations of Acorn machine. Regards, ART Engineering Support