Print from Mac when printer is attached to PC?

[MrVegas]

I am sharing my keyboard, mouse and monitor between a Mac and PC via a KVM switch. My HP Laserjet printer is physically attached to the PC. Is there any way that I can print on the HP from the Mac without attaching the cable to the Mac? I'm on the latest version of Tiger.

Thanks.

 

[ITASOR]

I had this same setup, if possible connecting the printer to the mac was much easier for me!

 

[simie]

What printer are you trying to use?

 

[Cvstos]

Yeah, you got to turn on printer sharing in Windows and tell it to share that printer. Then turn on printer sharing in OS X, and try to find the printer in OS X. Should work in theory, at least.

 

[aricher]

I have my HP printer hooked up to my wife's PC using a serial cable and my Mac plugged in via a USB cable - works like a charm.

 

[dsharits]

My dad has a printer with his PC on our wireless network. I print from it all the time as a shared printer. It's pretty much self-explanatory to set that up on Windows, and the instructions for installing a shared printer are readily available in a Google search.

 

[Westside guy]

Thought it worth mentioning an alternative - I think if you install Bonjour for Windows on your PC (assuming it's running XP), the printer on the PC will be advertised as a "Bonjour printer". That'll make configuration almost trivial.

 

[taeclee99]

Printing to a windows shared printer from osx is no easy task. After much searching on google I was finally able to get it working.

The following links should be of help.

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ (for the gimp-print drivers)

http://macsmbwifi.fxoz.com/

http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?50@61.gmStadtfiot.5@.3bbc7528

Hope this helps.