AppleTalk disabled in System Preferences

I have been computing and printing successfully for a long time. I connect my G3, running OS 10..3.9, with my Apple Select 360 through an Asanté Talk box. But now, returning after ten days absence, I can't print. I am getting the error message: "AppleTalk is disabled in System Preferences"
In System Prefs/Network: no enabler for AppleTalk is to be found.
I have tried Directory Access Utility: Appletalk is "enabled"
I've tried the trick of unplugging the Asanté for a minute, then reconnecting.
Big Mystery. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Jim,
You didn't give all the detail I need, so I am making assumptions here. Just tell me if I'm wrong. I guess you are printing via direct ethernet connection from laptop to Asante box?
OS X doesn't consider ethernet to be ON until it has a valid IP address. Go to Network Prefs > Show built-in ethernet > TCP/IP tab. Set Configure manually and enter a local IP address (example 192.168.5.5). (An IP address of 169.x.x.x means self-assigned and isn't valid) Now go to the appletalk Tab and turn on appletalk.
Now Add the printer. (You may also have to power Off/On the printer and Asante to get them rcognized by the computer.)

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