Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Accessing Printers

[Bruce T. <Bla...@Ea...>]

on 10/13/02 18:44, Jeff Friedman at jfr...@in...
wrote:

> Using the wireless driver with OS X Jaguar, should I be able to access the
> printer on my network? I can access the internet and my desktop Mac from my
> PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard) using a LINKSYS PCI card with no problem, but
> when I choose PRINT CENTER on my PowerBook and choose AppleTalk/Local Apple
> Talk Zone, no printers appear (the Laserwriter does show up on my desktop
> computer). No matter what settings I make in Print Center (i.e. Directory
> Services), the Laserwriter does not show up.
> 
> Should I be able to access the printer?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
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I do not believe (from what I read) that AppleTalk is supported when using
the WirelessDriver. However, if your desktop machine is also running OSX
Jaguar, simply share your printers from that machine and then they will show
up in the Print Center on your PowerBook G3. I did this yesterday whilst
fiddling with an Orinoco Gold card and WirelessDriver installed on a PBG4
and it worked fine. I think there are difficulties if the desktop machine is
not also running Jaguar since the print sharing seems to have changed. Go to
System Preferences > Sharing and click to enable Printer Sharing