Printing on a Wireless Network through a Wireless Print Server Resolved

Ok,
I have been working on this all day and no one at apple could help me.
I have a linksys router with a dlink print server hooked up to it.
my macbook would not recognize the printer. if I added it manually it wouldnt print. so I was trying to find a solution myself. I was thinking if the Printer Queue Name was the issue. It was, that must be correctly entered for the printer to work. Now my Leopard will print.
Hope this helps someone.
Nick

This will not be specifically helpful, but it MAY help you get started.
I had the same problem too, when initially setting up wireless printing for my Mac Pro.
I ended up specifying the IP address of the wireless printer server and to identify the print q name, I printed out a status sheet from the printer.
Hope that helps.

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