[macgyvr64]

Is there any way to share a USB printer to an OS 9.1 machine (an 8500) and a machine running 10.2.4 (a Dual G4/500)? I'm quite sure Printer Sharing won't work...9 has it's own deal, and X uses CUPS. What could I try?

[villalobos]

Originally posted by macgyvr64:
Is there any way to share a USB printer to an OS 9.1 machine (an 8500) and a machine running 10.2.4 (a Dual G4/500)? I'm quite sure Printer Sharing won't work...9 has it's own deal, and X uses CUPS. What could I try?

To do so, you should check the USB Printer Sharing under Mac Help. It tells you how to enable the Classic USB Printer sharing control panel.It's supposed to work.

Villa

[gorickey]

Works just fine here; however, I've always had to have an OS 9 app launched on the OS X machine through Classic in order for the OS 9 client to pick up and show the printer being shared.

In my case, I just leave open SimpleText through Classic and it hasn't failed yet...

[macgyvr64]

I am running Classic on my G4, with my printer added to the classic USB Printer Sharing control panel, but my Mac OS 9.1 client doesn't see it :-/ I've installed the classic drivers in both, as well

[normyzo]

Originally posted by macgyvr64:
I am running Classic on my G4, with my printer added to the classic USB Printer Sharing control panel, but my Mac OS 9.1 client doesn't see it :-/ I've installed the classic drivers in both, as well

Are you running the firewall on your G4? If so, have it let USB printer sharing through. Any traffic whether its OS 9 traffic or X traffic gets firewalled.

Dan

[macgyvr64]

Nope, I hate that firewall