Bonjour printing from 10.6 to 10.5

Hi all,
My girlfriend's mom has a MacPro running 10.5.8, and a networked printer (HP LaserJet 4200) attached to it by ethernet. She is sharing it over the network, and I used to be able to print to it without any problems from either mine or my girlfriend's MacBook Pro (both also running 10.5.8).
However, after I upgraded to 10.6.5, printing to it no longer works! I can still find the printer the same over the network, but all my print jobs just hang out in the queue with the status saying On Hold (Authentication required).
I tried looking through a bunch of the other threads on this topic, but I wasn't sure if it was an issue with Leopard, Snow Leopard, or the interaction of the two, as there was no info on this problem past 10.6.1. My girlfriend's laptop, which is still running 10.5.8, can still print without any difficulty. I would try upgrading everyone to Snow Leopard and seeing if that solves the problem, but her mom's MacPro is a PPC =(.
Thoughts?

Spencer Pants wrote:
For more information, I looked at the print job and clicked more info on it, noticed at the bottom it says
Job Message: /usr/libexec/cups/backend/dnssd failed.
The backend is DNS Service Discovery - aka Bonjour. The failure could be a result of the service itself or other factors. You could try running the 10.6.5 Combo updater on your MBPro - especially if you just ran Software Update to get it to 10.6.5 from 10.6.x. This can help with getting the service re-installed/repaired. You could also run a repair disk permissions via Disk Utility. This can also be helpful after a system update.
I've also noticed that the url for this printer is very different on the two machines. On mine, when i check the printer options, it says
URL: dnssd://hp%20LaserJet%204200%20%40%20Kath's%20Computer.ipp.tcp.local.
This shows that you are connecting to the Mac share via Bonjour.
whereas if I look on her MBP (which still prints fine and is running 10.5.8) it says
URL: pap://*/hp%20LaserJet%204200/LaserWriter
This shows that she is connecting to the share via AppleTalk, which has been discontinued as a service in OS X 10.6 and using an Apple LaserWriter driver. Sp you don't have this as an option.
I also suggest you look at printing directly to the HPLJ rather than connecting via the share. The printer should have its own IP address, unless the Pro is also connecting via AppleTalk. If it did have an IP address then you would be able to add the printer using IP > HP Jetdirect-Socket.

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