Bonjour Printer Sharing anomalies

I have a situation where a Mac Mini running 10.4.11. is sharing an Epson Stylus Photo R2400. Printing from this computer works well and all the printing options appear within the driver (print quality, etc.) Two other Macs, both running 10.5.6 can print to this shared printer, but do not have access to all the print options that are available to the Mini running Tiger. Instead they seem to get only generic options. I called Epson and they weren't much help.
I'm guessing that the problem lies in the fact that the host Mac is running Tiger and the "clients" are running Leopard, OR...this is just a general problem that Epson drivers have when utilizing Bonjour. I'd appreciate any opinions. And yes, the seemingly proper drivers are installed on all the Macs.

Add me to the list of people having similar problems since 10.5.6. except I can't print at all unless hooked up via USB.
Here a link to my thread describing my problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1967395&tstart=50

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Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move these files to the Desktop.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat.plist
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EDIT: added a couple of things.

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I am going nuts here, hope someone can help.
I have a Canon multi-function printer (MP830) attached via USB to a Mac G4 (with Mac OS X Tiger). At one time, I had it set so a Windows 2000 PC could print to it but deinstalled it after some printing issues, and have been unable to get to working again. The machines are connected together via a Netgear router. As far as I know, everything is the same as it was before, yet I cannot get it to work as it did.
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- I have tried:
-- de-installing and re-installing Bonjour for Windows and the Canon print drivers on the PC
-- and have de-installed and re-installed the Canon drivers on the Mac
-- I have removed and re-added the Canon printer on the Mac. Printer Sharing is on, and this printer is checked in the Sharing box.
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Thank you. Those are beautifully written procedures.
Looks like it's a network issue. I reach the step, "Adding a printer using the wizard":
You must enter the following URL, you must use the Queue Name you noted down earlier
http://<IP address of Mac>:631/printers/Queue Name
which I do, entering
http://192.168.0.4:631/printers/MP830
and I get the following error:
"Could not connect to the printer. You either entered a printer name that was incorrect or the specified printer is no longer connected to the server."
And then I am toast!
Using the other procedure, I simply don't see the Mac's printers in the Bonjour Wizard's "Browse for Bonjour Printers" window.
Not sure where to go from here -- any ideas?
The Mac's IP (set via DHCP) is 192.168.0.4, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. The PC is 192.168.0.5, I can't find the subnet mask.
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TIA...

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Hello, everyone. I hope you guys can help me out with this:
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I want to allow the iMac and iBook to access the printer over the network directly, so I can just print from those computers and have it come out the eMac printer.
I've looked at many articles on this. So far I've installed the drivers on all computers, plus they can all network to each other over File Sharing, so they are connected.
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Help!

Yes. I did say that my eMac, iMac, and iBook are all
connected to the internet and networked to each other
over the Linksys router. I believe the router is
still on factory settings because we never really
"set" or programmed anything with it.
Mac OS 9.2.2 on the iMac, Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the
other two. IP addresses?
192.168.1.100 is what I would use to connect to the
eMac from the other computers.
This is the eMac's IP, correct? Did you type it into Network, or was it assigned by the router's DHCP?
192.168.1.101 is what I would use to connect to the
iBook from the other computers.
This is the iBook's IP, right? Again, fixed or DHCP?
192.168.1.102 is what I would use to connect to the
iMac from the other computers.
Same for this IP.
The iBook, as I've said, is wired. No wireless
connections to speak of.
Okay. Now, if the router is handing out IP addresses via DHCP, what range was it configured for? My Linksys, for example, is configured to hand out IPs in the range 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.254. It has the IP 192.168.0.1, so the IPs 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.9 are available for me to hand out as fixed IPs. If I was to hand out 192.168.0.100 as a fixed IP, the router's DHCP server would have a potential problem, as it might hand out that address too, and only one device can have a particular IP address on a particular network. If your router is handing out 192.168.1.100, .101, and .102 via DHCP, you could and probably do have a conflict if you've got those addresses set up as fixed IPs. In particular, if you have anything else on the network, including Bonjour-enabled devices such as printers, you're likely to have a conflict.
Best way to resolve a conflict, if any:
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2 check the router to be sure that DHCP is set the way you want it, and the DHCP pool is what you think it is.
3 shut down the Macs.
4 turn off the router, wait 30 seconds, turn it back on.
5 turn the Macs back on, one at a time.
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Today I tired setting up a printer sharing network over my linksys wireless router. I turned the printer sharing on and the windows sharing on my mac. Then I launched my notebook with vista on it and installed Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3. Once the installation finished I ran the wizard and installed the shared Epson Stylus Photo 1280 printer.
Once I finished the wizard I gave the printer a go.
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What can I do to get my printer sharing and my windows sharing set up to work.
(also, my Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Printer is hooked up to my mac mini through USB).
Please respond
Thank you

Hello Joe,
I failed the login “connection to server with username and password not possible - Failure 256”
Some cures here...
http://archive.macfixitforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/691131/site _id/1#import
One more way to overcome stubborn printing to a Windows® printer from a Mac...
http://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/winmacprinter/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301397
iFelix...
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3020.html
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/windowsxp.html
I did not succeed using the PC’s name - even though the workgroup is set correctly.
Might try Bonjour for Windows...
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/windows/bonjourforwindows.html
Which may also cure the Printer Sharing problem.
Oh. make sure Printer Sharing IS NOT set on the Mac, if it is turn it off & reboot.

Snow Leopard Breaks Bonjour Printing (HP Color Laserjet)

Hi,
I have a MacBook (newly reformatted) with the newest version of print drivers from HP's website, connected to a HP Color Laserjet CM1312nfi, with print sharing enabled and "share this printer over the network checked". It used to work well for Bonjour printing from all my other leopard macs in my house, before I updated to Snow Leopard.
All of the computers I mention here are fully updated.
On the other computers....
The printer shows up in add a printer under Bonjour, but it takes a long time to find the driver. I have tried printing using the "Generic PostScript Printer" driver as well as the HP Color Laserjet cm1312MFP driver, but both get stuck at "Connecting to Printer". After a few minutes of this they peter out and just mark the job as completed.
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Another computer, without the HP Printer solution software installed, but that still comes up with the HP Color Laserjet cm1312 MFP drivers, will say "Connected to printer" then automatically mark the job as on hold. No matter how many times I reset the print queue, on this computer nothing works.
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Thanks,
Josh

Josh,
First, let me make sure my assumptions are correct. The printer is USB connected to the Mac that has printer sharing turned on, and the other Macs find the shared printer via Bonjour. All the Macs are running Snow Leopard. The computer with the printer connected via USB prints just fine. All of the other computers don't work.
So, let me ask this. If you open up the Sharing System Preference, and select Printer Sharing, Printer Sharing is turned on, the printer you want to share is listed in the list with a checkmark next to it, and the Users is setup so Everyone Can Print. Also when you open up the Print & Fax System Preference and click on your printer, the "Share this printer on the network" checkbox is on as well.
Next make sure that all the computer are running the HP Drivers version 2.2 from Apple Software Update (or downloaded from [Apple.com|http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907]).
If all of this is true, let me ask if you connect the device to Ethernet (if possible at least temporarily) if all of the computers can find and print to the CM1312? This might help narrow things down.
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I don't think I've gotten Printer Sharing AND Internet Sharing to work together, but haven
t tried in a year or so...
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Howdy, all:
We are running Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 on a Mac mini server with no out-of-the-ordinary settings. We're using it as a file, print and chat server in our small office. Here are the basics of the network configuration:
- Ethernet connected with a public, static IP address (manually assigned)
- Airport connected with a private 192.168 address (reserved DHCP address from the Airport Extreme)
We have two printers we're sharing with the Mac mini, both of which are directly connected to the server via USB.
Here's the issue: the printers work beautifully in all cases, for all users, whenever Firewall is stopped. However, when Firewall is started, client computers say "Connecting to printer..." for about a minute before they spool the job. (They do, in fact, successfully connect and spool, as expected, but the one minute delay [or so] is for each print job -- so if you send three things to the printer, you're waiting one minute between each job.)
I have done everything I can to figure out how to make this stop. Even when "Any" IP is given "Allow all traffic," and all rules in the "Advanced" pane are turned off, you still get this annoying pause. Only when the Firewall service is fully stopped do things behave exactly as expected.
We are using only IPP, and the printers are broadcasting over Bonjour exactly as expected. Furthermore, port 631 (and any other ports I could find documented as related to IPP) are also open on all network interfaces. But as I said, even when I have the Firewall service configured to allow all traffic on all ports, so long as it is enabled, you get this very annoying pause before the client can connect.
Totally at a loss. What information can I provide to get some definitive assistance in resolving this issue?
Thanks! Signed,
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Instead, it goes from:
- Allow everything
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I have a general question, and other forum users might have a good resolution for it - but if not, here's what i'm dealing with..
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The only version of the Apple Airport Utility that will run successfully on the systems, is the original version that came on the CD with the Airport. Both systems are completely up-to-date from Windows update, and are both running XP service pack 3.
I know for a fact, that the Airport is working just fine, as I've troubleshot all possible known hardware issues with it individually, hooked up to 1 pc (with current updates installed and running). Wireless works fine, i'm actually running the Airport utility on my main system in the living room, that's hooked up hardwired to the router. Both systems get online and surf without a problem going through either/or router as well. I've also tried dissabling the Windows firewall on both systems, and trying to set up file and printer sharing manually using the wizard, and that don't seem to resolve the issues either. However, both systems (wheather hooked up networked, OR individually), have both been experiencing some odd "quirks". The Ethernet box i'm on, has overwritten my primary HD, as "Athena" and made it unusable. The wireless box, has been giving simular "boot-up" related errors as well. I've checked the Cmos/DOS settings on both, and performed the suggested "boot-up" priority related tasks, and both systems are still experiencing problems. The Mcafee suite is up-to-date, and has caught several potentially dangrous programs running on the wireless box, hooked up to the Airport Express, INCLUDING the bundled HP diagnostic software.. However file and printer sharing still remains elusive...
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The main problem seems to be in the Airport Express' settings, it will "get configured" and then lock me out of the utility to where I can't get back in..
The main Airport password has not been changed, and the wireless network encryption is the same for all wireless devices running on the network.
The main problem, just seems to be with the Airport.
Even the Home Portal has detected the Netgear router (unless it having my Netgear router saved in it's settings might be causing a conflict)... Suggestions?
I've contacted AT&T Home Networking for help already about the Home Portal, unfortunately they can not help me with other network related issues, since i'm not using the 2 wire wireless adapters offered by AT&T...
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The update on the iMac was very clean: Checked with Disk First Aid (DFA), rebooted into Safe Mode (shift key down), ran the Combo updater, checked with DFA again, and repaired permissions (nothing needed to be repaired). There was no hint of a problem, other than this. Unfortunately, this iMac is the household print server and I've been unable to restore functionality using every trick I know.
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Thank you.
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Susan M wrote:
Have you tried deleting the printer and then re-adding it? Also, Printer Sharing is selected?
Yes, thanks. I tried all the basics:
I created a new printer queue, and shared that one instead (better not to un-do something that is working). Same result.
I turned off Printer Sharing, rebooted, turned it back on again. Same story.
There is something very non-obvious going on here. I just can't put my finger on it.

Disable Printer Sharing via .plist?

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I am trying to find the .plist file that holds the boolean value for turning printer sharing on and off.
Via the GUI this option is located at:
Preferences > Sharing > "Printer Sharing"
I can see what appears to be the option located in this plist:
~/library/preferences/com.apple.alf.plist
and PlistEdit Pro tells me it us under:
firewall > printer sharing > state - with a value of 1 or 0.
Changing the option in that plist does not change the setting in Prefernces (and vice versa).
Reason: I have 600+ Macs on our network, and users have started enabling the check box thus sharing their printers via Bonjour to every other user - I'm sure you can imagine how confusing this looks when you attempt to add a new printer, and the problems when User A adds printers shared by User B and suddenly cannot print when User B takes their macbook away.
I would like to push out a profile to disable printer sharing. I can already disable access to the Sharing preference pane via profile to stop more users turning the option on - but it does not revert the change made by other users.
Cheers
/Glaic

I am not aware of a plist but you could try modifying the cupsd.conf file (located in /etc/cups) and then pushing that to the +600 Mac's.
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I have a hard-wired windows PC, a wireless Macbook Pro, and a wireless Windows PC (XP) all on the network together. All have Internet access. Only the hard-wired PC and the wireless Mac have access to the shared disk and printer hanging off the AEBS.
I installed the "Bonjour" software found here on Apple's site, but when I run the utility on the wireless windows PC, it tells me there are no Bonjour printers available.
It connects (and authenticates via WPA) no problem, so I know there is network connectivity. Why won't it see the shared printer that the other machines can see?
Is the "Bonjour Printer Wizard" the right thing to be using?
Thanks

Instead of using Bonjour (which may be blocked by having ultra-aggressive firewall software installed on your PC) try using the manual printer setup method detailed at:
http://tech.ifelix.net/1004.html

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I have my HP Deskjet F4450 connected via USB on my IMAC running 10.6.8.
I have it shared with everybody can print settings and can add it to both my Windows 7 laptops using Bonjour Printer Services 2.0.2 (it sees it and I can add it)
But when I print from Windows 7 it says that the test page is spooling but nothing happens, Nothing prints.
I have looked at a bunch of help files, but nothing has worked for me.
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Thanks for any help.
Update: It worked about a month ago I know from each Windows laptop.
It prints fine from my MacBook.

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