printing to local USB printer from classic mode under OS X..

hi,

i like my new g4 with OS X pretty well, but today i tried printing
from Apple Works 5 (simply copied over to the g4 from an older iMac
where it ran under OS 8.6). i suppose it figures that i would have to
re-establish contact with the local USB printer (now hooked up to the
G4 instead of the iMac), but i couldn't figure out how to do it. tried
a bunch of tacks including reading help, searching apple tech support,
news groups, the web.

found one reference to a desktop printer utility (in a section on
printing under classic mode in a promising PDF doc about printing
under OS X, but I couldn't find this utility. i have the idea maybe it
ships with an apple printer? my printer is an HP DeskJet882c which
works beautifully under OS X, but I might want to print something from
a classic app.

seems like this shouldn't be so hard.

i'd be grateful for any clues or pointers.

Tim Hanson

Tim Hanson wrote:
 >
 > hi,
 >
 > i like my new g4 with OS X pretty well, but today i tried printing
 > from Apple Works 5 (simply copied over to the g4 from an older iMac
 > where it ran under OS 8.6). i suppose it figures that i would have to
 > re-establish contact with the local USB printer (now hooked up to the
 > G4 instead of the iMac), but i couldn't figure out how to do it. tried
 > a bunch of tacks including reading help, searching apple tech support,
 > news groups, the web.
 >
 > found one reference to a desktop printer utility (in a section on
 > printing under classic mode in a promising PDF doc about printing
 > under OS X, but I couldn't find this utility. i have the idea maybe it
 > ships with an apple printer? my printer is an HP DeskJet882c which
 > works beautifully under OS X, but I might want to print something from
 > a classic app.
 >

Did you remember to go to the Chooser under Classic, and choose your
printer? If your printer isn't there, you probably need to install the
OS 9 drivers for your Deskjet.

Jackie