10.4.5 to hp1200 10.3.9 iMac

I'm slowly going crazy with this one.
My wife's iMac is running 10.3.9 and has an hp laserjet 1200 attached via usb.
My desktop G5 and my MacBook Pro are both running 10.4.5 with all the latest ugrades, etc. The network is Airport Extreme with the bbase station constrained to 802.11b (better range).
The MBP can print to the hp1200 but the desktop G5 cannot (with any regularity). I reinstalled the printer driveers on the G5 and did manage to print to the hp1200 but then, for unknown reasons, it stopped working.
The hp1200 shows up as a printer on the network work but all I get when I try to use it is a dialog indicating no job is printing, followed by a message stating that "...opening a printer connection, blah, blah" which is sometimes folowed by another message saying something about contacting the iMac via port 632.
Any ideas what the heck is going on?

If, instead of printing on the remote printer using my ethernet connection to the Airport Extreme base station, I enable the Airport card in my dual G5 then the printing always occurs without a single glitch.
It appears as though there is a problem with the base station when I print using the ethernet connection.
Anyone else experience this problem?

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Hello Cal87,
Please correct me if I have misunderstanding:
1. You use static IP address to connect Windows 7 to Mac Mini
2. You can access Mac by typing file://ipaddress in Windows explorer
3. You try to click the Mac in Windows network, and you will get the error message ‘Windows cannot access
\\computername error code: 0x80070035 The network path was not found.’
Please take the following steps for troubleshooting:
1. Check if we can ping the computer name of the Mac Mini
2. Temporarily disable security software and firewall in case incorrect settings might block the connection.
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There is no HP driver for Windows 8.
Take a look at this link.
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mikehenden wrote:
Yes, XP box will print with no problems. The 'Properties' index was where I got the IP address from. Have looked at the 'ports' tab, have a port number and see that the protocol is 'Raw'. SNMP status is enabled and SNMP devide index is 1. Does this mean anything to you?
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Good afternoon,
Firstly the details.
Printer make \ model : Hp laserjet 1200 v
Printer Driver : Hp Laserjet 1200 series PCL5e
Platform : Windows 2003 (sbs) SP2
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Then after the printer prints the document with no problems. however it is a bit of a waste of paper if for every print job that we do an extra page comes out with the PJL commands.
So far i have tried differen drivers for the printer.
Removed and recreated the printer on the server.
Changed the printer for another printer of the same make and model.
Tried disabling the advanced printing features on the printer.
banged head against table in frustration!
does anyone have an idea of how i can remove \ disable the PJL commands that are being sent with the actual document.
Hope thats clear peeps.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards
=Sonic=
Message Edited by =sonic= on 05-01-2009 07:12 AM

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[SOLVED] - Printing to a Windows XP printer

I've already installed cups, samba, gutenprint, foomatic and hplip packages.
I need to print from my arch laptop to a printer linked to a Windows XP desktop pc.
The printer and the desktop are elsewhere, so I had to link my two pc with a vpn using Hamachi.
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I tried to figure it out with the web cups interface.
I chose "Windows printer via Samba" and as URI "smb://HamachIP/HP1200"
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It may be a problem with permissions on the Windows side.
Check the security event log on the Windows box (can be reached from Administrative tools from the Control Panel)
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Hi people!
I have to print bar codes from an abap report and then scan. I've done the first part (printing) but I just can't scan the code I print. Does someone have an idea?
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Rodrigo.

Hi Rodrigo,
Didn't know you could produce Barcodes from ABAP reports - how did you do this? As Christian said, you could also make the font bigger. What are the barcode specs? Sometimes, you need to have the ratios between the "thin" and "thick" lines set up based onthe type of scanner you use. You can manipulate these settings through the Bar Code Settings via SE73.
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We have an ASP .Net application developed using VS2008 and Crystal Report for .NET in VS2008. We display most of the reports in Crystal Report Viewer, we also print the report directly to a network printer using PrintToPrinter function.
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2.            HP1200                 HP1200 PCL6                      OK
3.            HP1320                 HP1220 Series PCL             OK
4.            HP1320                 HP1320 PCL6                      Problem every 3 pages
5.            HP3005N              HP3005N PCL6                   Problem every 2 pages
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How to share a HP Laserjet between a iMac and a PC Laptop

I have been sharing a HP Laserjet 1200 between my iMac and a Toshiba Satellite laptop for years by using the USB port for the iMac, and using the parallel port for the PC. This has worked great for years. I've just purchased a new laptop, and it no longer has a parallel port. Is there a way for me to still connect the printer to both computers? I also have a Color LaserJet 2600n, does the 'n' means wireless? The 2600n is only connected to the iMac, being I don't use it much. Most of my printing comes off the Laserjet 1200, for both computers and would really like to keep it like that. I've also just purchased Snow Leopard for the iMac, just haven't gotten a chance to install it yet. Upgrading one machine at a time. First I need to print from both machines. Any help would be appreciate it! Thank you.

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