I have a computer lab with a windows 2000 machine set up to share four printers. One of these is an HP 1055 designjet, and instead of bringing their (often large) file to the lab, users often use the print to file option and then copy the print file to the printer. The syntax "copy file.prt \\printsrv\hp1055" was working, but I noticed that regular print jobs (those printed directly from photoshop or autocad) were unusually slow. So I changed the spool settings from "start printing immediately" to "print directly to the printer". This corrected the problem with slow print jobs, but now when I try to "copy file.prt \\printsrv\hp1055" I receive an access denied message. Change the setting back to spool on the server and it works again. What is going on here?? Is there any way to fix this? Thanks, CharlesS