printer sharing?

brsboarder · Mar 26, 2004

Hey, I'm new to the mac world, and, I have a pc network and a printer on one of the computers, my wireless mac recognizes the network, and computer, but i dunno about the computer, how can I use that printer with this computer, thanks?

HexMonkey · Mar 26, 2004

From Mac Help (Panther version):

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Setting up to print to a printer shared by a Windows computer via SMB

Mac OS X makes it possible to print to many Windows (SMB) printers on your network.

Open System Preferences and click Print & Fax.

Click Printing, and then click the Set Up Printers button.
If the printer already appears in the Printer List, select the In Menu checkbox to add it to your list of available printers. You'll see it in the Printer pop-up menu the next time you print.

Choose Printers > Add Printer.

Choose Windows Printing from the top pop-up menu, choose a network workgroup from the pop-up menu that appears directly below it, select a workgroup from the list, and click Choose.
Any Windows printers in the network you've chosen appear in the Printer List.

Select the printer in the Printer List.

To use printer-specific features, choose the item appropriate for your printer from the Printer Model pop-up menu, then select your printer in the Model Name list.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to choose the correct printer model for the printer you're using. For more information, see the documentation that came with the printer.

Click Choose.
The printer appears in the Printer List as the default printer (in bold type). It also appears in the Printer pop-up menu when you print a document.

If you are trying to add a Windows printer that is not available, you may need to contact your network administrator for assistance.
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You'll also need to set up Printer Sharing on the Windows machine if you haven't already. Hope it helps.

superbovine · Mar 27, 2004

you should probably search the forums. this question is asked a lot.

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