Not able to print to shared OS X printer

[Ian P. Thomas]

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 19:15 -0500, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:36:03 -0500
> "Ian P. Thomas" <ipt at scraemon.org> insightfully noted:
> 
> IPT>The printer I'm trying to print to is shared via OS X.  The printer
> IPT>shows up in 'Printer Configuration' under 'Browsed Queues' as
> IPT>'HL-1440_series', with the hostname of the Mac listed under the
> IPT>'Description' column.  I selected 'Default', a check mark appeared in
> IPT>the appropriate column, and hit 'Apply'.  I then select Test->CUPS
> IPT>Test Page.  The following dialog box appears.
> IPT>
> IPT>Sent CUPS test page
> IPT>to 'HL-1440_series' queue.  Does it look okay?
> IPT>
> IPT>The print job never makes it to the printer.  The 'Document print
> IPT>status' shows a 'Status' of Sending that never changes.  Other Macs
> IPT>can print to this printer without any issues.  
> ================================
> I doubt it's the printer Ian.  I've been printing to that exact Brother
> printer for well over a year.  In fact, if memory serves, RH or Fedora
> (can't remember which at the time) recognized, identified, and set that
> puppy up without a pinky's worth of intervention from me.  Is this a
> network connection you're trying??  Or are you using a switch from a
> parallel port?
> Mike

It's shared, via a Mac running OS X, over the network.  The OS X system
has Printer Sharing enabled with the appropriate ports opened on the
firewall, and other Macs on the network have no trouble detecting and
printing to this network printer.


Ian