LOL - I was in the HP website and finally found out for myself what the LIP was for! You can understand why I ask to keep things simple for me . I have found since these discussions began I have more options for printing than I previously had thought. The tabs themselves do indeed offer the dpi option which I thought I did not have, amongst other options. BUT the options sort of disappear after printing or turning off the puter, so I'm wondering if one can make the chosen options stay put, until one wants to change them in order to print other things. I value these communications. Thanks very much! In a message dated 12/4/2008 3:48:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,