cant see print server(s) on network

[Homerboy]

so I have these 2 little pocket print servers here that work fine for any of the "legacy" PCs that have been here since before Ive been here... however ANY PC I have built can NOT see these 2 print servers (and therefor the printers attached to them)....

Im lost. Correct work group etc. and can see everything else just fine and dandy.

These are some serioulsy cheap-ass little pocket-print servers that have no manufacturer name or model on them at all. They simply say "High Performance Print Server" on one side and CP-810, serial #, FCC complice etc on the back side.

What am missing here? Ive set up countless (nice name-brand) print servers before with no issues. I cant even find the IP of these things with network scans

 

[Kelemvor]

Anything strange when you check the properties of the printer on a working PC and look at the various settings for ports and such? And are the items really print servers or just network adaptors to change a parallel printer into a network printer? You could just add the printer by using the straight IP address (if you can find it on some other computer's settings).

Otherwise I'm not sure.

 

[Homerboy]

Well Im guessing they are just adapters as you pointed out as they have no IPs and are mapped to existing PCs as \\<whatever>\<printer>

Little more history/problems:

Ive had one offiline for some time (as the printer attached died) and I just got a new pritner in for it so I hooked the little pocket doo-hickey back up tot he LAN, and the parallel cable and I cant get even the old printers to print from it now they can "see" it just fine but when I isntall it and hit" print" not a damn thing happens