Can't print from emac to imac

I try to print from emac to an old imac via a cable network. The imac runs on the latest version of panther and has an HP deskjet 990c printer connected via USB. The network printer can be seen on the emac.
I don't seem to be able to print though. Any idea why?
Regards

Does the eMac happen to have the drivers and or the disc loaded on it. More often than not depending on the several different ways there is to do this sometimes it requires the CD be downloaded on both computers and even though you have sharing enabled if the drivers are not present the machine doesn't know what to do.
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