Can't get USB PRINTER SHARING to work???
I've been struggling with this issue for the past few days:
Okay, my network consists of an hp LaserJet 1200se wired via USB to a PowerMac G3 400 that is in turn directly wired via ethernet to an AirPort BaseStation. I also have a brand new PowerBook G4 667 connected via AirPort card to my existing network. The G3 runs OS 9.2 while the PowerBook runs 10.2. I've downloaded the latest laserjet drivers from hp (May 2002) and when the printer is physically connected via USB on both machines, I can print.
So I want to setup USB Printer Sharing. I go System Preferences> Sharing on my TiBook and check the following options in the Services Pane: "Personal File Sharing," "Printer Sharing," and I start up Personal File Sharing. In the firewall pane, everything is unchecked and my firewall is not started up. In the internet pane, internet sharing is off.
On my G3, I go to Control Panels>USB Printer Sharing. In the Start/Stop pane, I start USB Printer Sharing. In the My Printers Pane, my hp LaserJet 1200 is visible, But, when in the Network Printers pane, nothing is visible. There is nothing available in both my "AppleTalk Neighborhood" and my "Local Neighborhood." <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> File Sharing and Program linking is turned on both machines. (And works just fine)
So I go back to my TiBook and open PrintCenter. The hp LaserJet is sitting there quite nicely, although that configuration is for physical connection via USB, I go to add a printer a sheet drops from the title bar. Nothing is available in the USB, AppleTalk, or Directory Service items. But, I see IP printing and think that's what I should be using. I select IP Printing and am presented with another sheet.... It asks me to type my printer's address. I don't know that so I just type my computer's IP address which is 10.0.x.x. It informs me that it is a complete and valid address. I select my printer model and click ADD. Here goes....
It hangs on "Attempting to conenct to host 10.0.x.x for printer."
HELP! <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" />
Okay, my network consists of an hp LaserJet 1200se wired via USB to a PowerMac G3 400 that is in turn directly wired via ethernet to an AirPort BaseStation. I also have a brand new PowerBook G4 667 connected via AirPort card to my existing network. The G3 runs OS 9.2 while the PowerBook runs 10.2. I've downloaded the latest laserjet drivers from hp (May 2002) and when the printer is physically connected via USB on both machines, I can print.
So I want to setup USB Printer Sharing. I go System Preferences> Sharing on my TiBook and check the following options in the Services Pane: "Personal File Sharing," "Printer Sharing," and I start up Personal File Sharing. In the firewall pane, everything is unchecked and my firewall is not started up. In the internet pane, internet sharing is off.
On my G3, I go to Control Panels>USB Printer Sharing. In the Start/Stop pane, I start USB Printer Sharing. In the My Printers Pane, my hp LaserJet 1200 is visible, But, when in the Network Printers pane, nothing is visible. There is nothing available in both my "AppleTalk Neighborhood" and my "Local Neighborhood." <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> File Sharing and Program linking is turned on both machines. (And works just fine)
So I go back to my TiBook and open PrintCenter. The hp LaserJet is sitting there quite nicely, although that configuration is for physical connection via USB, I go to add a printer a sheet drops from the title bar. Nothing is available in the USB, AppleTalk, or Directory Service items. But, I see IP printing and think that's what I should be using. I select IP Printing and am presented with another sheet.... It asks me to type my printer's address. I don't know that so I just type my computer's IP address which is 10.0.x.x. It informs me that it is a complete and valid address. I select my printer model and click ADD. Here goes....
It hangs on "Attempting to conenct to host 10.0.x.x for printer."
HELP! <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" />
Comments
You could try directly connecting the powermac and powerbook with an ethernet cord.
If that doesn't work you should instead just upgrade the powermac to 10.2, then everything should work.
<strong>I don't think OS X 10.2 and 9.2 can share a usb printer. 10.2 uses the new Rendezvous technology to handle printer sharing.
You could try directly connecting the powermac and powerbook with an ethernet cord.
If that doesn't work you should instead just upgrade the powermac to 10.2, then everything should work.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, that's only for rendezvous enabled printers. OS 9.2 and 10.2 both fully support USB Printer Sharing. And what would connecting the computers via ethernet accomplish? They're already connected the wireless way.
<strong>if you enable Appletalk ?</strong><hr></blockquote>
AppleTalk is enabled to no success.
Oh, wait.. this is a software problem.
[ 09-09-2002: Message edited by: ShawnPatrickJoyce ]</p>
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I just wanted to note that this is actually fairly easy to do now that Samba has been bundled with Jaguar: 1. First go to your sharing panel in system preferences and enable Windows File Sharing. If this is the first time you've done this, you will also need to go to the accounts panel, click on your username and select "Edit user". Type your password into the "Current password" dialog and watch for the "Allow user to log in from Windows" checkbox at the bottom to become checkable. Check it off. This process, just in case you're curious, has caused the windows "hashes" of your password to be stored internally since Windows boxes don't use the same authentication methods that Unix systems do. 2. Now open Terminal.app and use your favorite text editor on /etc/smb.conf. You'll see a [printers] section which is commented out with semi-colons. Remove the semi-colons and make sure that "printable = yes" and "browsable" is set to whatever you prefer. 3. Type "sudo killall -1 smbd" to cause the Samba daemon to re-read /etc/smb.conf. Alternatively you could just reboot, but that's kind of over-kill. 4. Test the configuration by typing: "smbclient -L localhost -U yourusername" and specify your passowrd to dump a list of all the SMB shares your host is exporting. If you want to connect "anonymously" you can also leave off the -U username and simply hit return at the password prompt, but verifying that your username and password work with Samba isn't a bad idea at this point. You should see the share name of your printer with the type of "Printer" unless your printer is misconfigured under Mac OS X, in which case you need to go fix that first. 5. Now go to your Windows box and go to Settings->Printers->Add Printer and add a Network Printer, giving its Network path as \\\\yourhostname\\printersharename where yourhostname is the host name or IP address of the Jaguar box with printer attached and printersharename is the share name you saw in step 4. Now you should be able to print to your Jaguar box from Windows. Good luck! - Jordan All opinions expressed are my own and do not constitute the official opinion of Apple or bear any similarity to actual tech support, living or dead. In fact, the entire text of this message was typed by cats walking on the keyboard and their owner disavows any knowledge of their actions, etc.
-- Jordan Hubbard, Engineering Manager, BSD Technology Group Apple Computer