Why can't I "see" shared printer on other Mac

Hi There,
This is my first time in here... after WEEKS of trying to figure this out, I thought I'd give you guys a shot.
I have two older Macs (Putty G3 and an iBook) both running OS 9.2.2, I have an Epson Photo Stylus 1280 hooked up via USB to the G3. We've been sharing this printer for a few years now (over Cable modem with an Asanté FriendlyNet router).
Now my question is... Why can't my new iMac "find" the printer? Is there a solution, or am I doomed to buy a new printer (and find a place to put it)?

Dave,
Welcome to this forum, it is really helpful and the people on here are so knowledgeable. I had a similar problem and I'll tell you how I solved my problem and maybe it will help you. I too bought a new iMac 17" not long ago and had used my two printers (an Epson 740) and a LexmarkX3350 with my older iMac G3 and my Powerbook PC but I couldn't get it to work with the new iMac. I tried loading the disk that came with my printer to reload it on my computer and the disk wouldn't work as I guess it isn't intel compatible. So I had to go to the Lexmark site and download the driver for my model. Then I was able to locate the printer in my application folder and click on it and then activate it from there.
Then whenever I use either printer I just go to File, then print and make sure I have the right printer model selected when the print dialogue box appears. The printer part will be right at the top and you can arrow to whichever one you are using and it all works fine.
S.

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