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| DATE | Jun 11, 2007 |
| TICKET | #334315 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Cannot share a USB printer |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.2.X |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | Mac |
| PROC | dual 533 |
| RAM | 1.5 GB |
| DRIVE | 80 GB |
| NAME | Chris |
| USERNAME | CRmidwest |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Stumped |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Cannot share a USB printer
CRmidwest - Jun 11, 2007 - 4:06 pm
The Host mac is on Tiger 10 4 8.
Printer sharing is checked. The printer I am trying to share is USB, plugged directly into the host Mac. I use a router. This Mac, and the other mac (jaguar 10 2 8) are plugged into the router and share a DSL connection (which is why I am trying to share this printer). The printer is an HP inkjet.
Both macs are G4 digital audios.
I've tried reloading the BSD subsystem on the Jaguar system per the Apple website; also, I"ve gone into terminal on the Jaguar system and changed CUPS=-YES- to CUPS=-AUTOMATIC-. Neither idea worked.
The Jaguar system sees the printer on the network as a shared printer. A document will spool, but not print. When I go to print center, the job is there and says printing. I double click for info and it reads: "Cannot connect to IPP HOST, Error 0". The file cannot be deleted, and I have to use an app called Print Center Repair to delete the spooled files.
I have NO CLUE why I can't get this to work. It seems to be that the problem may have to do with the router, but still, the Jaguar system does see the printer connected to the Tiger system.
thanks in advance for your help and for participating on this website.
Printer sharing is checked. The printer I am trying to share is USB, plugged directly into the host Mac. I use a router. This Mac, and the other mac (jaguar 10 2 8) are plugged into the router and share a DSL connection (which is why I am trying to share this printer). The printer is an HP inkjet.
Both macs are G4 digital audios.
I've tried reloading the BSD subsystem on the Jaguar system per the Apple website; also, I"ve gone into terminal on the Jaguar system and changed CUPS=-YES- to CUPS=-AUTOMATIC-. Neither idea worked.
The Jaguar system sees the printer on the network as a shared printer. A document will spool, but not print. When I go to print center, the job is there and says printing. I double click for info and it reads: "Cannot connect to IPP HOST, Error 0". The file cannot be deleted, and I have to use an app called Print Center Repair to delete the spooled files.
I have NO CLUE why I can't get this to work. It seems to be that the problem may have to do with the router, but still, the Jaguar system does see the printer connected to the Tiger system.
thanks in advance for your help and for participating on this website.
gsahli - Jun 11, 2007 - 11:40 pm
Pardon me if I don't remember every detail about 10.2.x - that was a long time ago for me.
I am nearly certain you are having driver mismatch issues. Let's try it this way:
Go to the Server and Printer Setup. highlight the printer and click Show info. Write down the queue name - exactly. Go to Network Prefs too and Write down the IP address.
Now on the 10.2.x client - go to Print Center. Hold down the option key and click Add. Select Advanced from the bottom of the first menu, then Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) from the second one. Name it. enter the URI like this:
ipp://[IP_address_of_10.4]:631/printers/[queue_name]
(in the brackets, substitute Real values you wrote down!)
Here's the tricky part - choose a color postscript printer model - Apple Color LaserWriter xx is a good choice. Why? All printing on OS X starts as postscript - we're sending postscript to the 10.4 Mac and it will translate it for the printer - just as if it were getting the job from an App there.
I am nearly certain you are having driver mismatch issues. Let's try it this way:
Go to the Server and Printer Setup. highlight the printer and click Show info. Write down the queue name - exactly. Go to Network Prefs too and Write down the IP address.
Now on the 10.2.x client - go to Print Center. Hold down the option key and click Add. Select Advanced from the bottom of the first menu, then Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) from the second one. Name it. enter the URI like this:
ipp://[IP_address_of_10.4]:631/printers/[queue_name]
(in the brackets, substitute Real values you wrote down!)
Here's the tricky part - choose a color postscript printer model - Apple Color LaserWriter xx is a good choice. Why? All printing on OS X starts as postscript - we're sending postscript to the 10.4 Mac and it will translate it for the printer - just as if it were getting the job from an App there.
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