The problem was that the path in: $temp = 'myfile.print'; needed to be a fully quallified Path: $temp = 'cyclotron:Desktop Folder:myfile.print'; I still get the "Out of Memory" message from MacPerl, but it DOES print. This is atleast a step in the right direction. Thanks to all who helped. -- -Derrik firebug@apk.net http://come.to/thefire ----------------------------------------------------------- fear is the path to the darkside; fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering - yoda ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org