More on printing to a Win XP shared printer

Dec 30, '02 07:55:09AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I have a very nice Epson printer connected to my living room computer running WinXP. I tried every one of the hints posted here designed to let me print to it from my Mac running Jaguar, but no luck. Then I ran across a posting on the internet about how to set up an LPD daemon on XP. Since I use an LPD spool on my Linux server at work, I gave it a shot and it worked perfectly!

Here is how you do it.

On the WinXP Box:

Add the TCP/IP print server service

  1. Log in with Administrative privileges.
  2. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
  3. Double-click Add-remove Programs.
  4. Click the Add-Remove Windows Components side button.
  5. Open the Other Network File and Printer Services section.
  6. Put a checkmark in Print Services for Unix.
  7. Click OK; click Next. (The Computer will probably ask for the WinXP install disk, go ahead and put it in and the install will run automatically.)
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Close the Add-remove programs window.
To have the service start automatically (as a daemon):
  1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
  3. Double-click Services.
  4. Double-click TCP/IP print Server.
  5. Change the "Startup Type" to Automatic.
  6. Click OK and close the windows that are open.
To share the printer for TCP/IP printing:
  1. Click Start -> Settings -> Printers.
  2. Right-click the print you want to share and select Sharing.
  3. Click the radio button for Share as and fill in the share name you want to print to.
On your Mac:
  1. Launch the Print Center.
  2. Click the "Add Printer" button.
  3. Change "Appletalk" to "IP Printing"
  4. Enter the WinXP Computer's IP address in the Address box.
  5. Uncheck the default queue radio button.
  6. Enter the name of the printer share you defined on the XP machine.
  7. Select your printer model (Install Gimp-Print if you don't see a ppd for your printer, restart print center and try again).
Print away!

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