Can't see shared usb printer

Hi All
Thanks in advance, have searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer.
I work in a small office using the following 3 Mac's all on a wired network
1. PowerPC G5 - OS 10.4.11
2. Intel G5 - OS 10.4.11
3. G4 - OS 10.4.11
We have an Epson R340 connected via usb into mac number 1, it's all shared and mac number 3, the G4, see's it and can print to it no problem. However the Intel G5 just will not see it in the 'add printers' area.
If I plug the printer into the G4, mac 1 can see and use it but still not the Intel G5.
If I plug the printer into the Intel G5, neither of the other 2 mac's see it.
I can network the Epson printer and all 3 mac's can see and use it, but the colour is very poor, all colours look very 'washed out' and the quality is unacceptable.
Hope you can help as we have had this problem for months now and I'm pulling my hair out on this one and I havn't got that much left to pull out anyway

Hi Steve, and a warm welcome to the forums!
OOPs, no Intel G5s! G5s are IBM/PPC.
On the G5...
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
Oh, I almost forgot... If Printer sharing is on on the G5 it won't look outside itself for a Printer, turn it off, reboot needed.
Might try Printer Setup Repair 5.1...
http://www.fixamac.net/software/index.html
Also, drag this file on the G5 to the Desktop & reboot...
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist

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