Here is what Im trying to do. I have a Hawking print server connected to my printer with a parallel cable. It now is on the network with ip address 192.168.2.4 which I setup the other pcs with using the same ip address and works fine. Now when I try to use ip printing with the powerbook and set everything up it still will not print. I do have the drivers installed and everything else setup. Now before we get into all of this I did have it working with a HP external jetdirect. Does anyone know a different way of setting this up?
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What OS are you running? Is the printer recognised by the Mac? Does the Mac think it's printing but nothing's coming out? Maybe have a read through some of these tips for Tiger too. 
What OS are you running? Is the printer recognised by the Mac? Does the Mac think it's printing but nothing's coming out? Maybe have a read through some of these tips for Tiger too.
Well I'm running tiger with all the updates. As for the mac it does see the printer but nothing prints. I did also look at the article which did not help me. So i'm at a loss on what is happinging. Is there another way instead of using ip printing?
Could you connect it directly to another machine and get that machine to share it?
I really like to keep it networked if I can. Do you know how I can ping it from the powerbook to see if it replies or not?
Use Network Utility in the Utilities folder. I reckon it'll come back with a ping though, if OSX already can see it.
I will try that when I get home. Is there any other ideas that you can think of to get this to work?
Well, I'm not sure what model you have but Hawkings are meant to work well with OSX. Is it wired? Have you installed the setup utility for Mac? Does it have the latest firmware?
Well, I'm not sure what model you have but Hawkings are meant to work well with OSX. Is it wired? Have you installed the setup utility for Mac? Does it have the latest firmware?
Here is an update on my problem. I finally got it working. I did realize that Hawkings printserver had AppleTalk built in. So now it working GREAT.
Fantastic! Good work! I would've thought that it'd almost be plug-and-play. That's what Hawking's site implied. Never mind, I'm glad it's all good now.
Fantastic! Good work! I would've thought that it'd almost be plug-and-play. That's what Hawking's site implied. Never mind, I'm glad it's all good now.
Thanks for all your help. Good to know there are people like you to count on