My missing printer.

My office recently upgraded one of our machines from a G4 PowerPC to an iMac G5. Unfortunately classic has a slight problem. The only app we still use in classic is Pagemaker 6.5. Even after several times un-installing, and re-installing pagemaker whenever I try to print using a PPD the drop down menu where the printers should be is just not there. Sadly, printing postscripts to file is a rather necessary component of the work we do... If anyone knows where my drop down menu has gone it would be greatly appreciated.
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4)   Missing Printer Drop Down

Hi, Cmdrlimpet -
...I have the proper printer descriptions and they are in the extensions folder....
The PPDs belong in the Printer Descriptions folder in the Extensions folder, not 'loose' in the Extensions folder. There are some printer-specific files in the Extensions folder, but those are Chooser Extensions (i.e., drivers), not PPDs.
The way it should work...
After the PPD is placed in the Printer Descriptions folder, start up Classic (or restart if the machine is running OS 9). Go to Chooser in the Apple menu; select LaserWriter 8 as the driver on the left. Available printers should appear on the right. Click one, and the Setup or Create button should become usable. After clicking that and following through the short setup screens, the printer should be usable.
If you then go here - System Folder >> Preferences >> Printing Prefs >> Parsed PPD Folder, you'll find what appears to be a copy of the printer's PPD. Placing a PPD in that folder manually does not work (at least it never has for me) - it needs to be placed there by Chooser.
If your printers need AppleTalk, then it should be on; otherwise it should be off, since it can otherwise interfere with the ability to access a printer or other item on ethernet. Sometimes it refuses to let go of the bus even when it is turned off - in that event, switching AppleTalk to use a different port/bus usually works. That setting can be made in the AppleTalk control panel.
By chance do you have ATM Light and Suitcase installed in Classic?

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