Printer Problem w/OSX Server

Good Day All-
Have two printers conn directly to G5 running OSX Server 10.3.x. Print w/no problem from G5 Server to both printers. Only one of the 2 printers will work for networked Macs & WinXP. HP Inkjet 2800 works great using Samba for WinXP. Same setup for HP Designjet500 24", but it will not print. "Capture" and communicate w/dj500 printer from netw client. Send jobs, but no print.
Any thoughts?
Help is greatly appreciated.
Acktom

So so answers provided. not really resolved.

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