Network Printing through Linksys PSUS4 works in leopard 10.5.1.

Over here: http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=WiredPrintServers&message.id=578&jump=true#M578
At the linksys forum, user Tpaquette recently posted a gem that enabled me to get my macbook (running 10.5.1) to print to my HP 6110 all in one wirelessly over the network using the gutenprint drivers included with the OS. I thought I'd echo the post over here so that more folks could benefit from it, but perhaps if it works for you, you could go to the linksys thread and add a reply with your printer model to the growing list of those that this works with.
Cheers,
Ethan
http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=WiredPrintServers&message.id=578&jump=true#M578
From: Tpaquette
I've spent far too many hours trying to get this to work for me not to share it with all of you frustrated Vista/OS X users out there. The instructions that I've laid out here is from my Canon MP830 printer install.
I believe the steps/process should work for any printer that you can find a CUPS driver for. I'm runing Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate and Mac OS X 10.4.10 just in case anyone wants to know what clients I have setup to access the PSUS4.
So here's is what you need to do to get a mixed environment configured for printing..
1. Setup your Vista and XP clients using the setup wizard on the CD that came with the print server. Pretty straight forward, you should have no problems.
2. To setup the Mac, you will need to setup a static IP address on the Print Server. To do this log onto your printserver from your browser. Under the Protocol, TCP/IP tab, input an IP address of your printserver, the subnet and gateway (see example)
I used the following IP Address
IP Address ... 192.168.1.106
Subnet Mask ... 255.255.255.0
Gateway ...192.168.1.1
Save your settings.
3. Download the Gutenprint 5.1.3 drivers for OS X and install on your Mac running OSX.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
4. Using the Printer Setup Utility in OS X, select the "Plus sign" to add a printer. Click on the IP Printer Icon to bring up the IP settings.
5. Select LPD for your protocol, enter the IP address of the print server from above, name your queue "LP".
6. Under Name, enter the name of the printer, under location, provide a location (optional) and under Print Using, select Canon and you will then see all the print drivers that you installed back in step 3. Select the Canon Pixma MP830-CUPS+Gutenprint v5.1.3 driver or any other Printer Manufacture/Model that you need.
7. Once you complete step 6, you should have a new printer added to your list of printers and you should be able to print.
I've only tested this for my MP830 and I'm assuming that the process will work for other printers. If you try this and it works, let others know.
Take care.

For Leopard users, instead of loading the CUSP driver as noted in the post, use the Gutenprint driver that comes with Leopard. Upon trying to print after upgrading to Leopard with the CUSP driver you will error. Quick change of the driver to the Gutenprint versio should do the charm.

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