After some frustrating attempts to get my 7300/180 (recently updated to Jaguar) to start using my printers on my Win2k Server again, I'm glad to report a solution that worked for me.
- On the Win2000 box setup the printers you want to make available to OS X (Jaguar) again as devices that will print from LPR ports. So if you have two printers, you'll wind up with four in the Windows printer folder.
- ID the host by IP address. Name the port something simple like the printer model (i.e. HP4P.) So you'll ultimately setup the port like 192.168.1.11:HP4P
- Name the printer something that will ID it easily in the printer folder (i.e. HP4PLPR.) Don't share it.
- On OS X, have Gimp Print installed.
- In OS X's Print Center, hold the option key and press add. Select Advanced from the top pull down menu, and select IP printing.
- Enter the host IP (i.e. 192.168.1.11.) And the printer's port name as the Quue Name (i.e. HP4P.)
- Finally use the appropriate CUPS driver for the printer family you're trying to install.
- Repeat for each additional printer on the Win2000 box you want to use.
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