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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: nunofgs on Dec 12, '05 11:55:29AM

and if I don't have a username set up on the windows machine? i.e., there are users, just no passwords on them...



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: hdms on Dec 12, '05 12:15:29PM

I have been agonising for hours to achieve this sharing an Epson Stylus Photo R210 on a Windows XP Home box with my iMac G5 10.4.3 without success.

The closest I've got is the error messages "Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds. Error: connection failed with error." or "Connection failed with error NT_STAUS_UNSUCCESSFUL".

I am the admin on the Windows machine, have a password, have shared the printer, the latest drivers are installed on both machines. Both machines have latest updates etc. I have enabled Printing for Unix and set TCP/IP Server status to 'Automatic' on the Windows box as other googlings have suggested, but nothing. The printer prints just find when connected directly via USB to either machine. File sharing is fine, too, from Mac to PC authenticating with the same username and password.

Any ideas anyone whilst I still have some hair remaining...???!!!



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: ms_t_rie on Dec 12, '05 06:39:55PM

Just as a pure guess, I would see if the Windows firewall is blocking it. (or the Mac one if you started it). You could turn off the Windows firewall, try printing, and if it works, then you'll know that's the problem. then you just have to allow the port used for printing through the firewall and reenable it. (better yet would be to keep the built-in one disabled and download one of the many free 3rd party firewalls that are vastly superior) If it still doesn't work, then the firewall wasn't the problem and you can turn it back on if you wish.



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XP home uses "simple filesharing"
Authored by: qrulf on Dec 13, '05 06:56:01AM

I have exactly the same problem with Windows XP Home and I think it has something to do with Windows XP Home is using "simple filesharing", as described here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

Only on windows xp professional you can change between the simple filesharing and "real" filesharing with users and passwords. Unfortunately I cannot get samba on macosx to recognize the browse list from the windows XP home machine, using smbclient -L. That is usually no problem with XP pro and 2000 machines.

I have not found a way to fix this problem :-s

~ Jørgen



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Print from a Mac to a PC over a network using SAMBA
Authored by: raday on Dec 16, '05 05:23:09AM

I have a similar setup and had the exact issue, I too was getting the NT_STAUS_UNSUCCESSFUL message.

The way I fixed it was to alter my samba URL to include my mac username without a password.

So my old samba URL was:

smb://workgroup/computer/printer
and I had to change it to:

smb://macuser@workgroup/computer/printer
Remember to modify the above URLS to mach your mac username, Workgroup, computer and printer.

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