Wanting to Share a PC's Printer with my Mac

[nickyj182]

My wife is using a Dell running XP, I have a new iMac. She has a nice printer on her PC, but we both are connected wireless to the internet via my Apple Airport (original model that is). Is there anyway over the network I could use her printer?

Thanks,
Nick

 

[gsahli]

Don't know if you have Tiger or Leopard - this is for Tiger but very similar to Leopard:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
If the printer isn't a postscript one, there may be driver issues. You have to use a CUPS driver to use the built-in networking protocols. Apple includes Gutenprint/Gimp-Print CUPS drivers for many non-postscript printers already. Here are more:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/macosx

 

[MacBass]

This is fantastic! Now I won't have to keep unplugging and plugging back in the USB cable for my fiances's printer!