Now I am confused. I am runing 10.5.6 and It does support Appletalk. >Network>ethernett>advanced>make appletalk active. I see a range of HP printers thru it. G On 18 Jul 2009, at 6:43 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Chris Ferne wrote: > >> >> All worked seamlessly until we tried to add an HP DeskJet 6940 to the >> Ethernet LAN - no problem for the G4 but whatever we do, the G3 can't >> see it. > > Is the G3 depending on AppleTalk to see the printers? If so, this > could be the problem, 10.5 doesn't support appletalk and newer > printers do not, either. Does the 6490 need to run a special driver to > commnicate over the network (there are several models of HP printer > that do) Does the G3 need a driver installed (the installed drivers > are different for 10.5 and 10.4) > > Start with the basics. Find out the IP address of the DeskJet. (A self > test should print out the JetDirect settings) and see if you can ping > it from the G3. If so you know you can 'see' the printer, network- > wise; that eliminates communication as an issue. > > (you can either just open a Terminal window and type > > ping -c3 ip.address.of.printer > > or use the Network Utility in /Applications/Utilities) > > The separate wireless segment shouldn't have anything to do with the > problem...different network adapter, but wierder things have happened. > If you cannot ping the printer try shutting that part off. > > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
