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    From chumpy36@chumpy36@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 06, 2006 17:54:57
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hey Folks,

    I'm a windows person and I've been asked to help a friend connect his
    g4 mac to a networked IP printer. It's on a wireless print server
    connected to an ip network.

    I know next to nothing about macs but I assume the basic concepts are
    the same.

    I need a driver for a laserjet 3015, and a way to connect it.

    Could someone outline the steps necessary to do this?

    should I install the driver first then use the printer setup utility?
    Then just give it the ip address? What about queue name?

    this is 10.2.9 btw
    thanks for any help

    Jason

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  • From Tim McNamara@timmcn@bitstream.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 06, 2006 20:59:10
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144371297.448181.93450@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
    chumpy36@gmail.com wrote:

    Hey Folks,

    I'm a windows person and I've been asked to help a friend connect his
    g4 mac to a networked IP printer. It's on a wireless print server
    connected to an ip network.

    I know next to nothing about macs but I assume the basic concepts are
    the same.

    I need a driver for a laserjet 3015, and a way to connect it.

    Could someone outline the steps necessary to do this?

    should I install the driver first then use the printer setup utility?
    Then just give it the ip address? What about queue name?

    this is 10.2.9 btw
    thanks for any help

    The driver might already be installed OS X comes with an amazing number
    of drivers pre-installed. I skipped the 10.2 entirely so I don;t
    personally know what's included in the standard distribution.

    I'd recommend that you try launching the Printer Setup Utility, click on
    "Add Printer" and look for Shared Printers. I would think that is where
    the printer would show up.
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  • From Michael Vilain@vilain@spamcop.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 06, 2006 23:33:45
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144371297.448181.93450@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
    chumpy36@gmail.com wrote:

    Hey Folks,

    I'm a windows person and I've been asked to help a friend connect his
    g4 mac to a networked IP printer. It's on a wireless print server
    connected to an ip network.

    I know next to nothing about macs but I assume the basic concepts are
    the same.

    I need a driver for a laserjet 3015, and a way to connect it.

    Could someone outline the steps necessary to do this?

    should I install the driver first then use the printer setup utility?
    Then just give it the ip address? What about queue name?

    this is 10.2.9 btw
    thanks for any help

    Jason

    You can either configure cups over the web (if it's configured) or use
    the Print Center utility. AFAIK, LOTS of printer drivers come with
    MacOS X already. The Laserjet is one of them.

    Unfortunately, the Missing Manual series of books for your version of
    the OS is out of print. You might find a copy in a used bookstore or on
    eBay. I could sell you my copy since I'm running Tiger now...

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    DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...



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