[DM-MUG] Wierd printer doings with Lexmark printer...

[Victoria L. Herring]

>This is probably your network printer, right? Is AppleTalk off? Did 
>you delete the printer and then recreate it in the Printer Setup 
>Utility? At what point does it fail? Does it open the printer driver 
>in the Dock, bounce a couple of times and then disappear or what?
>
>CW's sharing suggestion might provide other clues. Looking into the 
>Console might also help.
>
You guys are great....I went in to double check all cables and 
connections.  I had been assuming that by using Airport on the iMac 
[which spoke to my Airport which was then linked to the router] that 
would suffice = it was fine to get on the internet, but not to talk 
to the printer itself.

I went back, checked the Network settings and I had Ethernet and 
Airport enabled but also, both were selected for AppleTalk too = 
after checking everything, I unchecked Airport as an Appletalk method 
and all of a sudden, the ethernet Appletalk was active and the 
printer showed up.  Sounds like having Appletalk enabled on two 
methods creates a conflict.

I had been hoping to get rid of cables, but this is an old enough 
printer [not bluetooth or wifi] that it needs Ethernet....

I then checked and saw I could 'see' my G5 on the network, I did a 
test print to the Lexmark and although it seemed to take forever 
[sending data went on for a minute or so] it DID print....

I suppose it was the ethernet appletalk thing...I'd like to cut down 
on cables but apparently that won't work right now.  Thanks again for 
the help in troubleshooting this!
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