Sharing DeskJet 932c

Have DJ 932c hooked up via USB to my iMac and have tried printing to it from my windows machines via Bonjour. I have activated printer sharing in Tiger but I still can't get it to work. I also tried installing the printer on a wireless print server (which is what I'd rather do). The Mac sees the printer but errors out when it tries to print. What is the proper method for attaching a Mac to a wireless print server (Linksys).

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intel iMac 20", Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Feb 10, 2006 5:14 AM

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Feb 10, 2006 5:56 AM in response to SteveFrankel

To use any of the built-in network printing protocols on OS X, you must either have a postscript printer (postscript printers don't require a driver, just a PPD), or a driver that works with the CUPS system (a CUPS driver). So far, Brother is the only non-postscript printer manufacturer that provides CUPS drivers. For every other non-postscript printer, you need a third-party CUPS driver. Apple tried to get around this issue by including Gimp-Print drivers (open source CUPS drivers).

For your Deskjet, use the HP Desket 900 Series, Gimp-Print driver.
Sources of other CUPS drivers:
http://www.printfab.net
http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/
http://www.easysw.com/printpro/

Print Server Setup:
On Windows they have setup software that works great, but it hides some details from you. On OS X we don't have the software, so we need to find and enter the details in Printer Setup. Specifically, if you use the IP > LPD or IPP protocols, the print server's on-board queue name must be entered in Printer Setup - it is part of the address that gets data to the printer. You can usually find the print server queue name in the manual. Common ones are L1, lp, lpt1.

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