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...@aol.com> wrote: > In article > <b946d2bd-197f-4109-bb1b-7c7b26127...@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
