MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-06 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I am running 10.1.5 on the desktop machne and 9.2.2 on the laptop My computers are connected through a LinkSys router; there is NO USB hub. The printer works when connected directly to either machine - on that machine. However the laptop cannot print to the printer when it's connected to the

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-06 Thread Ward Oldham
Hey Harry, I thought the link I sent you would have nailed this issue. Ward On 11/6/2002 11:06 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harryjb at bellsouth.net wrote: I am running 10.1.5 on the desktop machne and 9.2.2 on the laptop My computers are connected through a LinkSys router; there is NO USB

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-05 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Ward, My powerbook is more than 10 feet from the printer and when I hooked up the printer to the computer the computer could not see the printer. Undaunted, I disconnected the computer and reconnected it closer to the printer. I opened the chooser and selected the printer. The OSX desktop

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-05 Thread Allen Prunty
Few Questions... What is the exact version of OSX that you are running? Are you connecting two computers together at the same time with a USB Hub? Is your Hub a powered hub? Have you loaded the driver for the printer in OSX? Jaguar usually has most drivers in it... but early versions do not.

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-04 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I have an Epson 740 USB printer connected to the usb port of my desktop machine running OS X 1.X. Ny powerbook g4 running OS 9.2.2 can see the printer in the chooser and I can select it. When I check it out in the usb printer sharing control panel on the powerbook I can see the printer in the

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-04 Thread Ward Oldham
Hi Harry, I may be mistaken but I don?t believe usb printer sharing under OS X became fully supported until the release of Jaguar which you are not running. Also, OS X 10.2 with printer sharing enabled does not share its usb printer in the conventional way.

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-04 Thread Ward Oldham
Harry, Sorry! Try this link. http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/22/wa/query?searchM ode=Experttype=idval=KC.107060 Ward On 11/4/2002 11:38 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harryjb at bellsouth.net wrote: I have an Epson 740 USB printer connected to the usb port of my desktop

MacGroup: printing question

2002-11-04 Thread Ward Oldham
Hi Harry, As an afterthought, I wonder if you would have any better luck direct connecting your Epson printer to your Powerbook, enable usb printer sharing, and see if you can?t access it from your OS X desktop Mac. I?ve never tried it. Ward On 11/4/2002 11:38 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harryjb