How do I share a printer with a Macintosh?

[VJmotion]

I've got DSL with a wireless router hard wired into my PC
desktop.
My Printer is USB connected to my desktop PC.
My macintosh connects to the internet via Airport.
My PC runs XP
My Mac runs OSX

Currently, to print I have to crawl under my desk to
disconnect the USB from my PC and reconnect to my Mac.
I'm pretty sure there's a way for me to print documents
with my macintosh via airport and a shared printer network.

Anyone know how to do this? BTW, I called Apple Tech
support, they troubleshot me through the Apple OSX and
even tried to solve the problem on my gateway end. I
called gateway and they wanted to charge me $1.95 per
minute to discuss printer networking with XP.

[Earl F. Parrish]

"VJmotion" > wrote in message
...
> I've got DSL with a wireless router hard wired into my PC
> desktop.
> My Printer is USB connected to my desktop PC.
> My macintosh connects to the internet via Airport.
> My PC runs XP
> My Mac runs OSX
>
> Currently, to print I have to crawl under my desk to
> disconnect the USB from my PC and reconnect to my Mac.
> I'm pretty sure there's a way for me to print documents
> with my macintosh via airport and a shared printer network.
>
> Anyone know how to do this? BTW, I called Apple Tech
> support, they troubleshot me through the Apple OSX and
> even tried to solve the problem on my gateway end. I
> called gateway and they wanted to charge me $1.95 per
> minute to discuss printer networking with XP.
>

You can lurk around the forum below and see what they have:
http://wireless-starter-kit.com/phpBB2/index.php

They have a search button. You can read messages without joining
but you have to join to post messages.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The Appletalk protocol is no longer included in client operating systems
(though it still exists for server O/Ses) so the best way is to use third
party software.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305989
The AppleTalk Protocol Is Not Available in Windows XP

Cari
www.coribright.com

"VJmotion" > wrote in message
...
> I've got DSL with a wireless router hard wired into my PC
> desktop.
> My Printer is USB connected to my desktop PC.
> My macintosh connects to the internet via Airport.
> My PC runs XP
> My Mac runs OSX
>
> Currently, to print I have to crawl under my desk to
> disconnect the USB from my PC and reconnect to my Mac.
> I'm pretty sure there's a way for me to print documents
> with my macintosh via airport and a shared printer network.
>
> Anyone know how to do this? BTW, I called Apple Tech
> support, they troubleshot me through the Apple OSX and
> even tried to solve the problem on my gateway end. I
> called gateway and they wanted to charge me $1.95 per
> minute to discuss printer networking with XP.
>