chensk,
No I have not, but the printer worked fine with Jag for the past 11 months. Something has happened, I suspect with permissions, that is fracking up the printer and the ability to install programs. I need to diagnose and fix that.
I tried CUPS with a printer, an old DECLaser, but never got it to work, but then that was 11 months ago.
thanks, I'll put the suggestion in the list :).