arri
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hi all,
after having trouble printing from winXP to a shared printer on an OSX machine, i thought to post my findings, as i didn't really quickly find an answer on these fora, but found very helpfull info on a website.
my problem:
i wanted to print from a windowsXP machine, on a shared printer attached to an OSX machine (10.4.3)
solution:
i found the answer here:
http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
this page deals with printer sharing from OSX to many other platforms.
what i was looking for (sharing with XP) was in short this:
on OSX:
- make sure 'Printer Sharing' is turned on (this starts CUPS...)
- enable 'Windows Sharing' (see security notes on above mentioned website)
| both are found in 'System Preferences > Sharing'
on WIN:
- first make sure that any printer-setups from previous (eronous) attepts are removed (Start-menu > Settings > Printers and Faxes)
- go to "My Network Places"
- find the mac to which the printer is attached. (search in the right WorkGoup)
- open it, here you should find the shared printer. (in my case: 'Deskjet 5700')
- double-click the printer. windows say it's going to 'automatically install' drivers, agree
- you are then presented with a list of know drivers.
- have XP automatically install the appropriate drivers..
- start printing from XP to you mac-printer!!
this was THE solution for me, and i am happily printing now.
Bottom-line:
the trick is to just select the Apple Laserwriter - drivers when installing the network-printer in XP, because these drivers make XP send prints to OSX in PostScript-format, the format CUPS uses. So don't bother installing any funky drivers on XP, just use XP's built-in apple-drivers.
conclusion:
my intention was to give a brief summary on how to share you printer from a mac to a PC.
i recommend you to anyway read the above mentioned webpage. it contrains valuable information.
hope this helps anyone.
gr
\rri
after having trouble printing from winXP to a shared printer on an OSX machine, i thought to post my findings, as i didn't really quickly find an answer on these fora, but found very helpfull info on a website.
my problem:
i wanted to print from a windowsXP machine, on a shared printer attached to an OSX machine (10.4.3)
solution:
i found the answer here:
http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
this page deals with printer sharing from OSX to many other platforms.
what i was looking for (sharing with XP) was in short this:
on OSX:
- make sure 'Printer Sharing' is turned on (this starts CUPS...)
- enable 'Windows Sharing' (see security notes on above mentioned website)
| both are found in 'System Preferences > Sharing'
on WIN:
- first make sure that any printer-setups from previous (eronous) attepts are removed (Start-menu > Settings > Printers and Faxes)
- go to "My Network Places"
- find the mac to which the printer is attached. (search in the right WorkGoup)
- open it, here you should find the shared printer. (in my case: 'Deskjet 5700')
- double-click the printer. windows say it's going to 'automatically install' drivers, agree
- you are then presented with a list of know drivers.
IMPORTANT:
from http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_...bers.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
- so, select the driver 'Apple > Apple Laserwriter' or 'Apple > Apple Color Laserwriter' depending on your mac-printer.from http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_...bers.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
maybe read the section on CUPS and PostScript on http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
- have XP automatically install the appropriate drivers..
- start printing from XP to you mac-printer!!
this was THE solution for me, and i am happily printing now.
Bottom-line:
the trick is to just select the Apple Laserwriter - drivers when installing the network-printer in XP, because these drivers make XP send prints to OSX in PostScript-format, the format CUPS uses. So don't bother installing any funky drivers on XP, just use XP's built-in apple-drivers.
conclusion:
my intention was to give a brief summary on how to share you printer from a mac to a PC.
i recommend you to anyway read the above mentioned webpage. it contrains valuable information.
hope this helps anyone.
gr
\rri