Printing via a Print Sever from MAC OSX 10.5.2

Hello all,
I recently purchased a powerbook, (i'm loving it!), and have got a D-Link wired print server that is connected into my network, (DP-301U).
I have a pc with xp pro and a laptop with Vista on -both of which i can print successfully from via the print server.
Regards the mac, no such luck and I'm at my wits end with this now!!! -the instructions that cam with the print server are confusing and of no help, and I've yet to find any conclusive answer on the internet.
When adding the printer in all the various ways I tried, the printer either says "printing" and nothing happens or it comes back with a "Communication Error", or when I try use the Generic Mac driver reams and reams of garbled writing are spewed forth from my printer!!!-arrgh!!
Can someone please provide the guidance I need to get printing from my MAC?, it's probably someone really silly that I'm missing?
Thanks and regards.
Lobby.

TCWolfe wrote:
I still have a problem with the new Imac. I did the same installs and chose the foomatic printer from the list but still do not see the two sided option and the printer freezes during the spooling with say, 21% completed. Sometimes it is 21% other times 55%, but no printing begins. What might cause the spooling process to stop cold? Any ideas?
This sounds like a communications issue between the print server and the iMac. It would appear from your first post that you are using the LPD protocol to communicate with the print server.
Items to check:
1. If used the same printer queue when you installed the new drivers, you should quit open applications and restart them. The applications will not pick up the new driver until they are restarted.
2. Double check all the configuration settings on the new iMac. Make sure they match the printer settings that you use on the other Macs. Are the printer address and queue name the same?
3. Look at the Firewall settings. Open the Security preference pane in System Preferences. Click the Firewall tab. The radio button for "Allow all incoming connections" (not recommended) or "Set access for specific services and applications" (recommended) must be selected. If the radio button for "Allow only essential services" is selected, outgoing signals to the print server are being blocked.
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