Ethernet network printing problems

I have a HP deskjet 5650 connected to a flat-panel iMac in one room and a new G5 iMac in another room. Both computers are hooked into a Linksys cable modem router through ethernet. Printer sharing is enabled on the flat panel. The G5 apparently "sees" the printer because it appears in the printer setup utility as a shared printer, but when I try and print from the G5 I get an error message after I see a brief processing window. I already tried resetting the printer setup utility.
The printer works fine from the flat panel and if I disconnect it and hook it up to the G5 it prints fine also. So it must be a network issue. Any thoughts?

Okay rather than use shared printing, you may want to try IP printing instead.
Look at this guide on the information you will need from the Mac hosting the printer.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3000.html
Then on the other Mac:
On the Mac double click Printer Setup Utility in the Utilities folder in Applications.
You will now be faced with a new window.
Hold down the Option key and click More Printers.
Where you click the drop down box to see Windows Printing, IP Printing, etc... you should now see an entry called Advanced.
Click Advanced you should now see a new dialogue
From the drop down box change the Device: to Internet Printing Protocol using http
Device Name: <the share name of your shared printer> which you will get from the Hosting Mac.
Device URI: http://<IP address of Mac>:631/printers/Queue Name
Therefore if your IP address is 10.0.1.5 and the queue name is HP_DeskJet
http://10.0.1.5:631/printers/HP_DeskJet
Printer Model: the relevant driver or relevant HPIJS or Gimp-Print driver
You may need to use a third-party driver such as the HPIJS drivers or the Gimp-Print drivers, but this is not the case with all printers.
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Managed to fix this by changing the ip address on the printer. It seems that the address was out of range for our new router. Changed the printers static address back to something within range and the printer bust into life. Simple as that. Only took me a day and a half to work it out... : )
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techlearner3 wrote:
My router is not detecting the printer on the network either, the light on the port bearing the network cable connected directly to the printer has never been shown to be on, like the other lights. I have been struggling with this for the last several months.
I believe this is the cause of your problem. First, try another known working port in the router. Next, change the Ethernet cable with a known good cable.
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