Feb 16, '04 08:55:00AM • Contributed by: tvkeller
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10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Feb 16, '04 08:55:00AM • Contributed by: tvkeller
There have been hints for that using Jaguar and CUPS. In Panther, it works without any special work under the hood -- just switch on "Printer sharing" and "Windows sharing" in the Sharing preferences panel. In Windows, add a new network printer; you can find it by browsing. But now the important thing: When Windows asks to select a driver for the printer, select any PostScript driver like the Apple LaserWriter or Color LaserWriter instead of the printer model you're using.
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10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Very good hint that. I have one problem with it though, due to our setup, my machine happens to be on a different subnet than the PC with the printer, so Printer Setup does not list the printer :(
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I also can't get this to work. I am using an old Snow Airport base station to share internat access. The printer is connected directly to a B&W G3. The G3 is connected directly to the Airport base station via ethernet and the PC running WinXP home is logged on to the wireless network. The Name for the G3 shows up in the dialog for adding a network printer, but the attached printer does not. I have a CUPS print driver installed and have WIndows sharing and Printer sharing turned on. Any ideas? DO I need to install any print drivers on the Windows side?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
This is great! Exactly what I was looking for! Just a side note, I am using an HP psc 1350v all in one printer and although the Apple Color Laser writer driver worked, it was using my color cartridge to make black text, which is less than optimal.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I can't seem to get Windows XP to select any other driver than the Canon i550 driver it keeps installing, it comes up with an error specifying that it cannot install the Apple LaserWriter or the HP Laser drivers. Any ideas?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Hmm...I think your printer is still using three colors to print black -- are you sure you didn't change cartridges? From an unintended experiment with a dead magenta cartridge that made all my output from CUPS & shared printing green, I discovered that CUPS-based printing (shared printers, Unix lp command, NeoOffice...) uses three colors to make black, not the black cartridge. Changing the postscript driver on my Windows machine had no effect on the output of shared jobs (which went through CUPS on the Mac).
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Tnx vry much, I was not able to print on my PSC 950 iMac attached from my wintel notebook... until now. Very ...very....useful.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Thought I would add this in case anyone else runs into this problem. I was getting the following error when printing to the printer on my G5 from a Windows XP machine.
cups_job_submit(775) Unable to print file to [printername] - client-error-document-format-not-supported I found this link which helped me resolve that problem in Panther. Then I had a permissions error which I solved by chmoding the /private/var/spool/samba/ directory to world writeable. Works great now!
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Thanks for the info, but I'm still having problems. When I browse for the printer, I can find the name of my Mac but it doesn't show a printer attached to it. I tried entering in the name of the printer in the box above the listing of computers, but it didn't work; I tried it with both the name I created for the printer and the "que name" that Panther shows in the "show info" box in Printer Setup. I do have windows sharing and printer sharing checked on. I do have SMB activated in Directory Access.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Same problem here. Anyone have any answers?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I am also experiencing this problem. (Mac shows up in XP, but not the connected printer)
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
This is quite simple to do - in Jaguar and Panther. Just use CUPS, no samba needed (I think).
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Brilliant hint to use internet printing instead of browsing. Many thanks! Windoze XP can now find my printer on my Mac - but when it comes to ask for a driver for it I cannot find it to supply it!
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
This is exactly the hint I needed. I set up an extra RAW printer in CUPS and it worked perfectly from Windows XP. Thanks a lot!
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Hi, I tried the cups method to get my windows xp machines to print to the HP deskjet 930C attached to my emac on X.3.3.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
to enable row printing in CUPS You should make some changes in files mime.convs and mime.types :
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I tried your recommendation but without success. I am using Panther but I did install GIMP-PRINT with CUPS. Not sure I needed to do that. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 750 printer. Anyway, I followed your directions on the MAC and then on the PC. The PC is running XP. I used the the raw setup on the MAC and the EPSON 750 driver on the PC. Everything seemed to load OK. However when I print a document from the PC it never happens. Printing from the MAC is fine. Any suggestions. Thanks, Lou
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I had a little bit of trouble with this, but managed to work out the few kinks.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Hi,
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
When attempting to add a printer via the web interface it asked me for a username and password. Well, after a while spend rummaging through docs I found that this was the root username and passy for your comp. Of course the root account is disabled by default so you have to use NetInfo Manager to enable the root account and set a password before you can make this work.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Sorry if I am too stupid to understand but when I follow this I am asked by CUPS for a logon and password - which one do I need?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I was having problems getting the CUPS interface to work because of the name and password drop-down too.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Just a note, if you don't want to have to use static IP's I found that I could use my computer name.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Well, I tried to setup a printer Canon i950 connected to a TiBook400 with OS 10.3.4 as described also from "chris_on_hints on Sat, Mar 13 '04 at 10:00AM". Installing the printer with CUPS on the Mac, works fine. Printersharing on the Mac is on!!! On the PC then with Windows XP I find the printer, doing the setup and...her ends everything. Trying to print a testpage from XP gives me an error, will say no printing.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Wow - I finally got it working. It took quite a while b/c of the bug in 10.3 with the shadow passwords and CUPS. However once I got the password changed to basic I was able to log into CUPS and add the network printer.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
This just isn't working for me. I type the name of my printer's URI into Windows (http://simon:631/printers/hp950c) in the XP printer wizard and it says it cannot connect.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Just to update:
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
One more update - I got printing working from the laptop too.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
After reading this thread and trying many of the suggestions, not one of which worked, I've set up the perfect system. A long USB extension cable runs to the USB hub where my Epson Inkjet and hp LaserJet are plugged into my G4. When I have to print from XP to one of the G4 printers, I pull its USB cable out of the hub and plug it into the USB extension cable. Works every time, and was cheap! So much for the wonders of CUPS.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
crud crud crud crud crud.
Sharing Mac's printer with XP--authentication?
D'OH!
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Man, I'm still getting nowhere with this and it makes no sense why.
10.3: No success in authenticating when trying to add printer in the CUPS
Great forum, guys!
10.3: No success in authenticating when trying to add printer in the CUPS
hmmmmm.... I guess it is very late to reply but anyway....
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
No more razzle-dazzle. Use RENDEZVOUS on your WinXP-Box (or W2000) and your done!
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/rendezvous/index.html Download the Rendezvous for Windows technical preview. It works much better then looking up for ports and IPs and Printer-Names ... Salute to apple. This is an excellent tool in a mixed environment! (As Redezvous is an excellent concept ...) ---
rendezvous printer sharing
Can a USB printer directly attached to a Mac to be shared with Rendezvous? I have Printer Sharing enabled but not Windows Sharing. The Rendezvous Browser utility shows several services are available but nothing related to printers.
What is the Rendezvous Browser?
Indeed, I could type in "ilamp.local" in Internet Explorer and find my iMac's web server (which is neat in its own way), but I don't have a Rendezvous/OpenTalk printer -- only a USB printer hooked to the same iMac.
What is the Rendezvous Browser?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Hm, this doesn't work for me: I have a Canon i450 USB printer hooked to my G5. Windows filesharing and printersharing are on. I can see the printer on the winxp machine in the explorer, but theres no way to make it appear in the rendezvous browser from apple.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Actually i found a freeware which lets me publish rendezvous services: Network beacon. What i need now is information what to describe the printer in the TXT-record like the following but for my canon i450:
txtvers=1rp=printershpdeskjetnote=Comlab 8211ty=HP Deskjet 980product=(HP Deskjet 980C)usb_MFG=HPusb_MDL=DESKJET 980Cpdl=application/vnd.hp-PCLBinary=TTBCP=T http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/NetworkBeacon.html
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Rendezvous for Windows (Tech Preview 4) will only discover printers that either
RfW TP4 will not find printers that are connected to another Mac. I wasted multiple hours trying to get a ThinkPad to find an iMac-attached printer until I read the .doc file included in the RfW distribution (serves me right!).
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Have enabled Windows Sharing and Printer Sharing on my iBook with OS 10.3. My iBook shows up on a Windows 98 laptop, but not an XP laptop. All are connected via a Linksys router. Is there something specific I need to do to configure XP to point the network browser in the right direction?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Hello,
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
hi there monica, have you solved the problem with printing from win xp to mac os x shared printer ?
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Mac:
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
That works prefectly. And, you don't need to have root enabled to do this. A username and password with admin privileges works just fiine.
I used it to connect my G4 (Tiger) with my XP laptop (Service Pack 2), printing to an HP Deskjet 932. Used the Gimp Print HP 900 series driver for CUPS. Thanks much! Now the teens can print their homework without having to run upstairs and unplug the printer from our Mac! (Try to guess how often they plug it back in. Yea, right.) :)
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
This worked for me - Print to a shared Samsung ML-1740 on a Mac G5 from Windows XP.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Thank you! Until I switched printer drivers, nothing worked. So, thanks again.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
I have tried all of the above but still am not able to print. The solution which gets me the furthest is to set up a second printer via CUPS on the Mac and then connect to it via a URL on the Win XP machine.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer -- USE BONJOUR
Excellent news. After struggling with the hints listed here, I got my HP all-in-one (connected to a Mac Mini) working from an XP laptop in 5 minutes by downloading Bonjour from Apple.com. (I saw it mentioned in the support forums there.)
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer -- USE BONJOUR
I too tried Bonjour after hours of struggling to get a Brother HL5140 connected to a Mac Mini working on a XP machine and it worked first time with no problems. Bonjour is definitely the tool to use!
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Wow! Works in OS X 10.4 also. It's a little slow though. Even printing directly from the iMac is a little slow. Not as fast as in Windows XP. Any ideas.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Just get the "Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3" installer for PC:
at: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows.html install and run the wizard on your windows xp, it will automatically detect and offer to install ANY shared devices, drives, printers even fax modems etc. Select the printer you want to use, next use the preselected GENERIC printer driver and you are done. Works like a charm. (It will actually use some kind of HP Laser 4550 driver when you look it up under the added printer properties. Also dont forget to set the proper paper size for the trays.) I have tested this with my printers: Epson C62, C65 and my external Apple USB modem.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
Interesting... and it almost worked. My Epson SP1270 prints one or two lines of gibberish on each page and seems it will print a thousand pages even though I chose page 1-1. I think Windows cannot print to a Mac shared printer without a case-by-case custom setup. Win XP SP2, Mac OS X 10.4.11.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
mdanielvm, this is almost the same solution as the hint.
10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
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