| Printer Sharing G4 & G5
I called Apple Support today to ask them this question, and they tried selling me $500 worth of Airport equipment.. but i know there has to be a better way.. and cheaper. When i asked him that, he said, it's not that easy. here is the question... (simple i thought, but maybe not)
I am running OS X 10.4.5 on both my G4 and G5. I have a Brother MFC8440 printer, and it is connected via USB on the G5. Clear across the building i have the G4, and a hub for the interenet. The internet goes from the modem and then to the hub. I have both the G4 and G5 ethernet connected to the hub. yes, the g4 has a 100 foot ethernet cable running the length of the building... hey, it's worked for years. Anyway, I am able to use both computers to get online. I am pretty much a pro on OS 9, but just switched to OS X, so the new system is pretty unclear to me. So, since the G5 is directly connected to the printer, i turned on printer sharing on the G5, and then the Brother printer pops up, i share it. tried printing something... all is good.
Now when i go to the G4, i can not get the printer to show up when i click the add printer button. I would think it would connect via the network. I can open the G5 hard drive from the G4, so i know they are communicating. But i can not get the printer to show up. I tried connecting via IP, but i can not figure it out. Sometimes when i click on add printer, something flashes there for a milisecond, but disappears... i swear its the printer, but it vanishes too quick to be sure. I know on OS 9, i just used USB Printer Sharing utility, and the job was done!
Any suggestions? I searched eveywhere online for a solution. Semms extremely basic... so i am hoping someone here can answer my question
Thanks!
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