HP printer and Airport Extreme

Thank you!
First, I neglected to mention an important piece of information. The
g4 desktop is directly connected to the Airport Extreme with an
ethernet cable. It has no wireless card. The HP appears as a shared
printer from this computer.

Now, I followed your directions. On the ibook, I went into Printer
Setup Utility and clicked on add a printer. Two printers appear. Both
have exactly the same name. One is a "shared printer" and the other is
a "bonjour" printer. When I try to add the bonjour printer, I get
error number -9672.

Any ideas?

DM


On May 19, 6:06 pm, Fred McKenzie <fm....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> In article
> <b946d2bd-197f-4109-bb1b-7c7b26127....DeleteThis@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  d...@s2.sonnet.com wrote:
> >      I've networked a G4 desktop, an ibook, and an HP C4180 printer
> > using an Airport Extreme. At first, I attached the printer directly to
> > the desktop computer and shared it. That worked fine, but the desktop
> > had to be always powered up in order to print from the laptop.
> >      I hooked the printer directly to the Airport Extreme and set it
> > up again. Everything still works fine, but the desktop computer has to
> > be turned on (like before) in order for the ibook to see the printer.
> >      So, I still can't print from the laptop without turning on the
> > desktop. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> DM-
>
> Try using the Printer setup utility to add a printer, and find out how
> many the iBook can see.  My guess is two - one direct to the AirPort,
> and one shared by the G4.
>
> Even though you moved the printer to the AirPort, your iBook is still
> set up to print to the shared printer, which the G4 Desktop is still
> sharing!
>
> Fred

In article
<d152cc82-18df-4017-84c9-af0c2d532447 RemoveThis @l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
dcm RemoveThis @s2.sonnet.com wrote:

> On the ibook, I went into Printer
> Setup Utility and clicked on add a printer. Two printers appear. Both
> have exactly the same name. One is a "shared printer" and the other is
> a "bonjour" printer. When I try to add the bonjour printer, I get
> error number -9672.
>
> Any ideas?

DM-

The only thing I can think of, is that the sharing process is
interfering with adding the printer via bonjour. Try disconnecting the
G4 Ethernet cable, recycle power to the AirPort and see if that makes a
difference.

Fred

I didn't have any luck, but then I found this:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00777...&dlc=en

This pretty well sums it up. I'm not willing to try it, because you
lose the ability to scan. I'll just continue to use a shared printer
unless HP changes something.

Thanks for your help!

DM




On May 21, 11:20 am, Fred McKenzie <fm....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> In article
> <d152cc82-18df-4017-84c9-af0c2d532....DeleteThis@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
>
> d....DeleteThis@s2.sonnet.com wrote:
> > On the ibook, I went into Printer
> > Setup Utility and clicked on add a printer. Two printers appear. Both
> > have exactly the same name. One is a "shared printer" and the other is
> > a "bonjour" printer. When I try to add the bonjour printer, I get
> > error number -9672.
>
> > Any ideas?


>
> DM-
>
> The only thing I can think of, is that the sharing process is
> interfering with adding the printer via bonjour. Try disconnecting the
> G4 Ethernet cable, recycle power to the AirPort and see if that makes a
> difference.
>
> Fred