[azchipka]

I have a LaserWriter Pro 600 connected to my iBook G4 via an AsanteTalk ethernet print bridge. I'm running OS 10.3.9.

I've managed to get it to print twice, but I think that's more by luck than judgement. Now the system doesn't recognise that it's there!

I have several user accounts on my computer, as well as the admin account, and I need to be able to access the printer from any of them.

The software I have is:

* an app called 'LaserWriter Pro 600' (which doesn't appear to do anything), but I'm not sure whether I need it, or where it goes

* a PPD called 'LaserWriter Pro 600 v2010.130' which is in /Library/Printers/PPDs/Content/Resources/en.lproj/

I've tried adding the printer using System Preferences > Print & Fax > Set up Printers..., but it doesn't find it.

Can anyone give me any advice, please? Thanks in advance :-)

[tooki]

The best solution (but hardly cost-effective given that new laser printers cost very little) would be to upgrade the printer to a LaserWriter 630 via a logic board upgrade, which would give it an ethernet port with TCP/IP support. A more practical solution is to use the 600's parallel port with an external ethernet-parallel print server. Those are easy to find and inexpensive.

Examples of such devices are those by:
Linksys
D-Link
Netgear
HP [much more expensive than the others]
Hawking

All of those will let you avoid AppleTalk altogether. Some might even support Bonjour for automatic configuration.

tooki