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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: matski_98 on Dec 12, '05 08:46:19AM

Are there any hints about how to do this the other way round?

I've got an old iMac that I'd like to use to hang an HP USB printer off and share on the Windows network in the office. It works fine for the Macs in the office (natch!) but when a PC tries to print to it it prints out all garbled.



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: zbgump on Dec 12, '05 10:17:40AM
Try this: Turn on printer sharing and windows sharing on the Mac, and install bonjour on the windows box: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/

Thats supposed to work, although it doesn't for me. I've given up.

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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: adrianm on Dec 12, '05 01:25:32PM

Works for me if I just do windows file and print sharing on the Mac. Client is win2kpro.



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: sapridyne on Dec 16, '05 06:25:11AM

Make sure you're using a Postscript driver, not the specific driver for the printer you're setting up. Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 works great with my HP 1500 series printer.



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: squirri on Dec 12, '05 02:12:11PM

This link worked for me in both Tiger & Panther. The printer is an HP840C connected via USB to my G5 iMac.

It's actually even more simple in Tiger, as most of the .conf file edits have been done.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021101062604548

Now, I can print to the HP from OSX machines

I can print to it from Windows XP

BUT There doesn't seem to be an easy way to print from an old Mac running OS9 to this printer - all the hints seem to involve going through a postscript file and then pushing this into the HP's print queue.

Frustrating!



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