Hi guys,
Hope i posted in the right place and i hope someone can help.
I've got an Epson Stylus Photo R340 connected to a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. I wanted to print to this from my Macbook but i seem to be getting nothing but problems!!
I first thought about Bluetooth Printing and since i had a spare old dongle knocking around i thought this would do the job. I can send photos etc from my mobile phone so the dingle works fine with the printer but when trying to set it up on my mac it doesnt work.
I have tried setting up through the bluetooth setup assistant, it finds the printer but then says "configuration failed. An appropriate drive for that printer could not be located". I have installed the drivers and the printer works when connected via USB.
I then scraped this option and tried adding the printer via system prefrences, it again finds the bluetooth printer but then i click "add" nothing happens.
After this i scraped the Bluetooth option and decided to go network. I went through system preferences > More Printers>Windows Printing>Network Neighbourhood
It finds the Computers on my network with no problem. I select the PC that has the printer on it but then nothing...it finds no printer.
I am able to connect to this PC to share files etc but for some reason it is not seeing the printer. I have selected to share the printer on network and sharing center on vista but still no joy.
I am now offically out of ideas. Can anyone help as this is driving me mad!
thanks
Craig
Hope i posted in the right place and i hope someone can help.
I've got an Epson Stylus Photo R340 connected to a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. I wanted to print to this from my Macbook but i seem to be getting nothing but problems!!
I first thought about Bluetooth Printing and since i had a spare old dongle knocking around i thought this would do the job. I can send photos etc from my mobile phone so the dingle works fine with the printer but when trying to set it up on my mac it doesnt work.
I have tried setting up through the bluetooth setup assistant, it finds the printer but then says "configuration failed. An appropriate drive for that printer could not be located". I have installed the drivers and the printer works when connected via USB.
I then scraped this option and tried adding the printer via system prefrences, it again finds the bluetooth printer but then i click "add" nothing happens.
After this i scraped the Bluetooth option and decided to go network. I went through system preferences > More Printers>Windows Printing>Network Neighbourhood
It finds the Computers on my network with no problem. I select the PC that has the printer on it but then nothing...it finds no printer.
I am able to connect to this PC to share files etc but for some reason it is not seeing the printer. I have selected to share the printer on network and sharing center on vista but still no joy.
I am now offically out of ideas. Can anyone help as this is driving me mad!
thanks
Craig