Special Printing Options over a Network

When I say special printing, I mean like printing from different trays or printing cds, for example.
I had my iMac plugged into the printer via USB, and to my router via ethernet. A Mac Mini was plugged into the router too. A MacBook connected to the router via it's airport card.
When the iMac was the one with the printer, we would get a mixed chance of success, due to needing to print through the casette and not the default auto sheet feeder. Sometimes the printer was connected to the Mac Mini, when the iMac was unavailible. It worked the same then.
Recently, I moved the iMac away from the printer and the router and connect via airport. The Mac Mini now has the printer plugged into it. Sometimes it works.
But... I can't print with "special options" selected like cd tray or casette... it's just a few options that are really general to all printers. What I'd like to do is get full options from every computer that tries to print. Any ideas?
Printer = Canon Pixma iP3000
Thanks for reading :P
-tj

Hello TJ,
First of all, if the Mini is one of the new Intel versions, then you need to make sure that you are using the latest Universal version of driver. This is required to make the special options, such as Quality & Media, appear in the printer list when using Universal applications.
The other thing to do for network printer sharing is to ensure that all Mac's are using the same version of driver. If there is different versions of drivers on each Mac, the special options may not be available or work correctly if they are present. So for your network, get the latest driver for the Mini (if it is Intel then the latest is v5.1.2) and install this driver on all the other Mac's as well, even if they are PPC.
Regards,
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