IP printing with Axis Print server

Iain,
Network printing/Windows printing only works with a driver that was meant for network printing. To use the OS X built-in CUPS network choices, you need a CUPS driver. For postscript printers, this is not an issue, because postscript is the native output of OS X, and can easily be routed to the various choices in Printer Setup.
Non-postscript printers are Very Different. Except for Brother, no manufacturer has provided CUPS drivers. Instead, what you get are Carbon-type, OS9 legacy drivers, that have the comm protocol written into the driver (mostly USB). They can only print via local connection.
**An Exception - when printing via an Airport/Bonjour enabled print server (Airport Express/Extreme), where the software does a port redirection, USB output from the Mac gets routed to the USB port on Airport Express/Extreme. In other words, a USB-only driver will work for network printing through Airport Extreme/Express.

SHORT VERSION - the Samsung driver can't do network printing, so you have to use a third-party CUPS driver. The only one I know of is called Samsung-GDI (also requires ESP ghostscript):

http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/macosx

Next, print server setup - to setup for the print server you need to carefully read the manual to decide which protocol(s) are supported and then enter the right info into Printer Setup. The IPP and LPD protocols both require a device-specific queue name (also called port name), which should be in the manual. HP Jetdirect doesn't use queue name. Common queue names are L1, lp, P1 etc. If the manual is no help, you can find the info in Windows printer properties > Ports > select port > Configure port.

I believe you should use LPD protocol and use queue name "PR1 or PR2" for the Axis 5400.

HTH

I can get the Mac to print if it is hooked directly
to the printer via USB, but over the network, I have
no luck.

It would appear that the Samsung supplied drivers, like most manufacturer supplied drivers does not support any network connections. It is interesting that the UK support site lists drivers for the Mac, the US site does not.

I have tried using the "Linux Mac OS X postscript
drivers" floating about on the web, but still none of
them work...

Linux PostScript drivers? I can find no mention of any Linux PostScript drivers. What you need to do is to download and install Foomatic-RIP and ESP Ghostscript. Then from download the proper PPD. Place the PPD in the /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/ directory. The printer should then work on the network.

Matt

Mac Mini G4; B&W G3/300

Hi Matt,
I guess we were typing at the same time!