Just sick to death of shared printing issues

I have two printers connected to my G4 server upstairs.
I have an iMac and an iBook.
The iBook can print to the IP4000 printer no problem, but if I try and print to the IP3000 I get a message about I have selected the wrong paper size. I have not, everything is set to A4 as is should be.
From the iMac I can print to the IP3000 no problem, however from Microsoftw word when I select print, the programme crashes. I frequently get issues in other apps about error printing.
On the G4 server I installed both printers just the once, yet after a few weeks there are loads of duplicates in the print/Fax pref, ip4000 then 1-ip4000 repeated 10 times, same for the IP3000.
No one appears to have an answer, I cannot make head nor tail of CUPs, or the console.
Please someone help! I thought shared printing was easy, how wrong I was!

i was told by the engineer from where i live i should get between 3 and 4mb,i have only moved up the road from where i was living before,i'll post those stats to you now,thanks for your help.
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G.992.3 Annex A
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