Communication problem with network printer

I have a Lexmark X9350 all-in-one printer. It has a built in wireless card and I am trying to print to it from my Powerbook G4. I have an airport extreme network setup in my home, and my PC is able to access the printer just fine. When I installed the printer software on the mac, it recognized the printer on the network and worked at first, but then suddenly couldn't find the printer. When I uninstalled and reinstalled the software it was very strange because when I got to the point where it searches the network for a printer, sometimes the printer shows up, and then if I click to refresh the printer sometimes disappears. It is not an issue with being out of range, because the printer display tells me it has plenty of connection, and as I said the PC can print with no problems. It appears to be something specific with Tiger not being able to consistently detect the printer.

I would look at XP's port configuration for the printer and then try and use the same protocol on the Mac. If XP is showing it as RAW Port 9100, then that is shown as HP jet Direct - Socket on the Mac. The only issue then is whether the OS X driver is available in the Lexmark list. Sometimes the provided OS X driver is only for direct USB connections, so you have to look at using an alternate driver, such as those offered by Gutenprint.

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