Just for trouble shooting's sake, create a new network "location" with just ethernet (turn off everything else: modem, IR, etc. in Show->Network Port Configurations) and make sure AppleTalk is active and then click Apply Now.
In the Application->Utilities folder, open Printer Setup Utility. If your printer is there, select it and click DELETE in the toolbar. Then click ADD and in the drop sheet choose "AppleTalk". Hopefully your Apple printer will show up. Whether the printer shows up in the Printer Setup Window depends on the drivers installed with the OS. There is an optional printer driver installer on the Panther install disk that you may have to try. It installs older stuff (like for my Epson 740).
Good luck - let us know what is happening. Turtle-Bear
On May 16, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Pace wrote:
I am on a Pismo G3/400, running OS 10.3.4
When I go into the system prefs & click on Print & fax, the printer is not there to select & can't find it. So I searched online & it said make sure appletalk is turned on. So, when I go to sys prefs/network & click on the "show" button the select built-in ethernet then select appletalk, I checked the box to make appletalk active, but when I go to setup a printer it still says "unable to turn appletalk on printer not available because appletalk not active. To make appletalk active open network prefs & click on the appletalk tab then select the "make appletalk active" checkbox.
when I go back to that, it is selected!
I read online that OS X is installed with appletalk deactivated. & also that only one port can have it activated.
I have checked those things!
I am trying to use a Farallon Ethernet iPrint adapter so that I can still use my old Apple LaserWriter 4/600ps.
Does anyone have a clue why Appletalk can't be activated?
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