Printing from Windows to shared mac printer?

[lieb39]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to print from a windows client to a mac-shared print, which is a HP Deskjet 5550. I have the HP drivers installed on the mac. On the PC I installed Bonjour and I'm using the default drivers it selected. Whenever trying to print, it doesn't actually print but the mac reports it as a completed job. No idea what the issue is here.

Cheers,

lieb39

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Mac OS X 10.4 Help

Sharing your printer with Windows users via SMB/CIFS

You can let Windows computers on your local network use any printer connected to your computer. You can share both PostScript and non-PostScript printers with Windows users; however, Windows users must always send PostScript print jobs to your computer.

1. Open System Preferences, click Print & Fax, and then click Sharing.
2. Select the "Share these printers with other computers" checkbox, and then select the printers you wish to share.
3. Click Show All, click Sharing, and then click Services.
4. Select the Windows Sharing checkbox.

To print to your printer, Windows users must configure an SMB/CIFS network printer and use the Postscript printer driver, even if the printer isn't a Postscript printer. Your Mac will translate the Postscript code into code the printer can understand. Have the Windows users see their Windows documentation for information on adding a network printer.

Documents waiting to print on printers you're sharing are stored on your hard disk. (That is, your computer hosts the queue for the printer.)

Windows users do not see any location information you may have entered for your printer.

From Apple support

 

[MisterMe]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to print from a windows client to a mac-shared print, which is a HP Deskjet 5550. I have the HP drivers installed on the mac. On the PC I installed Bonjour and I'm using the default drivers it selected. Whenever trying to print, it doesn't actually print but the mac reports it as a completed job. No idea what the issue is here.

Cheers,

lieb39

You will find the following entry in your MacOS X Help file:

Sharing your printer with Windows users

You can let Windows computers on your local network use any printer connected to your computer.

If the Windows users install Bonjour for Windows, you can share your printer with them using Bonjour. To share a printer, open the Print & Fax preferences, then click sharing. Select the option to share printers and select the printers you want to share. Use the Bonjour Printer Wizard on the Windows computer to set up to print to your printer.

Otherwise you can share your printer with Windows users by using SMB/CIFS, as described below.

To share your printer with Windows users by using SMB/CIFS:

1. In Print & Fax preferences, click Sharing.
2. Select the "Share these printers with other computers" checkbox, and then select the printers you wish to share.
3. Click Show All, click Sharing, and then click Services.
4. Select the Windows Sharing checkbox.

To print to your printer using SMB/CIFS, Windows users must configure an SMB/CIFS network printer and use the Postscript printer driver, even if the printer isn't a Postscript printer. Your Mac will translate the Postscript code into code the printer can understand. Have the Windows users see their Windows documentation for information on adding a network printer.

WIndows users printing via SMB/CIFS do not see any location information you may have entered for your printer.

Documents waiting to print on printers you're sharing are stored on your hard disk. (That is, your computer hosts the queue for the printer.)

 

[lieb39]

Thanks everyone

Cheers,

lieb39