Printing to an AppleTalk network printer

I need a serious guru here... someone versed in AppleTalk and Windows XP and maybe CUPS.
My workhorse laser printer is an old HP LaserJet 4MP, circa 1992. Nevertheless it works fine and I want to keep it that way. It's an Appletalk printer which means it only speaks Appletalk. It's connected to my wireless home network via an AsanteTalk bridge. It prints about 4 pages per minute (wow).
If you want to add this printer in OS X, it's easy: it simply shows up as both a shared printer and an Appletalk printer in System Preferences > Print and Fax. Select it and that's pretty much all I need to do. Obviously I've been using this printer since System 7 using its built-in drivers. No other drive software was ever necessary. Like everything Apple, it just works.
I'd like to be able to use this printer from my employer-supplied Windows XP laptop. I'm not well versed in Windows, but I've been able to muddle through setting up networked printers in the past. But I can't seem to find this printer using Window's "add printer" thing.
I've tried entering the URI for this printer which CUPS reports is pap://*/HP%20LaserJet%204MP/LaserWriter. I've tried underscores and spaces instead of %20 but Windows can't find the printer.
Even after getting Windows to recognize the printer I suppose it would only print gibberish unless I could find a way for Windows to speak Appletalk, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Any insight appreciated. Yes I know I can buy a brand new wireless printer for less than a replacement toner cartridge; I'm more motivated by geekdom here.
Next I'll tell you about my Appletalk Imagewriter II.

Ian Keller wrote:
I was aware of newer Macs autosensing but I didn't realize the AsanteTalk depended on that.
The AsanteTalk is built in a conventional manner in that it expects to be plugged into a switch or hub. That's the normal way of doing things. Apple just makes things convenient by making their computer ports autosense. I guess our Airport Extreme ports don't (though the newer ones might).
As I recall the AsanteTalk included both straight and crossover cables when I bought it years ago. They still sell them, so I suppose there's still a market for Appletalk. From what you determined I now suspect Time Capsule doesn't support it, which is a disappointment since I think it would be a simple code modification not requiring any additional hardware.
When it was connected to the Airport Extreme (spaceship 802.11b/g variety) I wasn't seeing anything with the atlookup command. I tried the simultaneous rebooting/atlookup trick but that didn't work either. So I switched the AppleTalk to ethernet, plugged in directly to my laptop and it saw everything right away. So plugged it back into the Airport Extreme, switched AppleTalk back to Airport and it showed up immediately.
You may find that your AsanteTalk stops operating in a similar manner after a power failure that simultaneously affects both it and your Extreme. Asante devotes a lengthy procedure for addressing that in their FAQ. When I investigated that phenomenon years ago, Asante blamed it on a bug inherent in the Appletalk architecture. The "repeated atlookup while powering up the bridge" technique works for me. You ought not to have to disconnect / reconnect cables each time you have a blackout. Anyway, now that you know it works and what it looks like you'll be able to reconfigure it easily next time.
Not sure if that's clear. ... What I don't know, and I'm too tired to experiment with right now, is what would happen if my laptop were in another room and I was getting my wifi from the TC instead of the AE. I suppose I would not be able to print, for the same reason that the iMac can't.
Perfectly clear, and I would agree with your suspicions. I'm sure given enough thought, you'll come up with a clever architecture that would mitigate the problem.
But thanks to you I'm happily printing remotely with a 13 year old printer.
Got you beat! My ImageWriter II still prints wirelessly from all my computers running TIger. It's over 20 years old and built like a tank. I like my HP too, but it's hard to justify maintaining it when I can buy this wireless laser printer for little more than the cost of an HP LJ 4MP toner cartridge. I'm committed to keeping it operating until that needs replacing, so keep an eye on the thread in my previous post.
Glad it's all working for you!

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