Epson Printer Sharing Problem

I have two printers connected to my MacPro - a cheap Canon iP2600 and an Epson Stylus Photo R800. I have Printer Sharing switched on on both the MacPro and my iMac G4 800, and they are linked through a wireless router via AirPort card in the iMac, and Ethernet from the MacPro.
Here's the problem: for some time I've had the setup described above, but always printed to the Epson from the MacPro (usually from Photoshop or Lightroom). From the iMac, I've always printed to the Canon (and or to the Samsung which the Canon replaced recently), usually from things like MS Word or Excel.
Tonight I've been trying to set up the iMac so my wife can print to the Epson from Lightroom, but I find that it is not possible to do so - I get a Communication Error, and it's clear that the iMac is not able to communicate with the Epson unless I actually connect them directly by FireWire. Also I don't get the full range of options in the driver - two key items (Print Settings & Color Management) are not present in the "Copies & Pages" drop-down menu - when I try to connect to the Shared Printer.
I know that the PowerPC and Intel Macs use different drivers, and suspect this may be the problem.
Can anyone suggest a way forward for this? Or Have I hit the buffers on printer sharing here?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
Jim

Thanks BDAqua -
That's got my iMac speaking to the printer again. Unfortunately it's not giving me all I need to use the R800 as a photo printer, as I'm still not getting all the options I should get in the Driver dialogue. If I pick the driver for the non-shared R800 from the Printers drop-down, I get the following list in the 3rd drop-down (after the Printer and Presets menus):
Copies & Pages
Layout
Scheduler
Paper Handling
ColorSync
Cover Page
*Print Settings*
*Color Management*
Extension Settings
(App Name*)
Summary
If, however, I pick the R800 from the Shared Printers list in the Printers drop-down, I get this truncated version
Copies & Pages
Layout
Scheduler
Paper Handling
ColorSync
Cover Page
(App Name*)
Summary
*Note: The app name is present in these menus if trying to print from MS Word or Safari, but is not there in the case of Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. It's of no real interest in this context, though - in the present context it is the absence of the "Print Settings" and "Color Management" options which is critically important.
I guess this is maybe an Epson thing rather than an Apple thing, so maybe I will need to post elsewhere to get to the answer, but I'm really not sure where that might be.
So once again, any suggestions most welcome
Jim
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So once again, any suggestions most welcome
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