In the test with your machines, was your beige G3 set to AppleTalk over ethernet? Could you connect the B&W to the beige and vice versa? It sounds like AppleTalk and/or file sharing isn't set up quite right on the G3s, but it clearly is on the G4--and it's configured correctly if you can connect to it from the G3s. If this setup is still connected and running, try this. Make note of the IP address of the B&W and choose Connect to Server from the G4's Finder Go menu (or, <cmd><k> from the desktop) and enter afp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where the x's are replaced by the IP address of the B&W. Does the drive then mount on the desktop?
The drive 'alias' scenario you described is how 10.3 originally worked when connecting via the 'network' drive icon (or, <shift><cmd><k> from the desktop). Users had (rightly) a had a fit over this and Apple changed it. Your friend should apply the 10.3.4 combo update to the G4 for this and other reasons.
As for the HP printer, there is no LaserJet 1600. There was a DeskJet 1600--a nasty, overpriced junker--that could be fitted with ethernet, but wasn't necessarily so equipted. The only ways to connect to a printer in OS X are via USB, ethernet or Airport. If you have a LocalTalk, serial or parallel printer, it can may be usable, but only if it's shared over a network connection and even then, only if there are drivers for it. You can use a LocalTalk or serial printer if it's connected to a machine with the appropriate hardware and running OS 9 with printer sharing enabled or even older systems using the software LocalTalk/ethernet bridge. Brandon Wise reports success using an old LaserWriter this way.
If your friend has a DeskJet without ethernet, tell him to take it to a recycler and get a new printer with USB. If it's a LaserJet, and doesn't already have ethernet, it might work via an older Mac in a 'server' role, but whether that would be worthwhile depends on the model, speed and features.
On Aug 1, 2004, at 6:15 PM, Dana Collins wrote:
Actually, it's my friend using AppleTalk, *or* file sharing (if that is now
distinguished in Panther) - he's trying to interface the G4 with 2 Emacs
just purchased, and an HP LaserJet (1600 I believe). The Emacs perform
flawlessly via AppleTalk (though your suggestion bears sharing; he would
have to check to see if an Ethernet card is available for the model printer
he has) - the G4 refuses to go out and look around (so to speak). I find it
very strange that it (the G4) can do all the network things one is supposed
to do with the Ethernet port *except* outgoing file sharing (again other
units can reach out and connect TO the G4; the G4 can't reciprocate) - it
does not make sense.
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