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Printer Sharing on XP for Mac
Is there a way to share a printer connected to a PC with a Mac on my home
network? There is no server sharing IP addressed printer here like at work, but there must be some way to share a USB connected printer from the PC so that the Mac can print to it. I have printer sharing turned on, can see it from another PC, but not see if from the Mac? Thanks for any info! |
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Printer Sharing on XP for Mac
Install Print Services for Unix on the XP machine. (Windows Components,
Other Network File and Print Services, details) Enable the service (TCP/IP Print server) to automatically start since it manual in XP). You will need to open TCP port 515 in any firewall software you have. On the MAC machine you need to create an LPR printer. I have never done this with a MAC so you would need to ask someone else about that. I am not sure anyone hanging out here in Windows land will have the answer. The datatype that the TCP/IP print service accepts can depend on the LPR source. If the output from the MAC is binary on the page you may need to configure the TCP/IP print service to pass-through the data directly to the device. Anyone with a MAC out there? -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "OtisMT2" .(donotspam) wrote in message ... Is there a way to share a printer connected to a PC with a Mac on my home network? There is no server sharing IP addressed printer here like at work, but there must be some way to share a USB connected printer from the PC so that the Mac can print to it. I have printer sharing turned on, can see it from another PC, but not see if from the Mac? Thanks for any info! |
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Printer Sharing on XP for Mac
If I had the $s, I would get one just for fun to see how different they
really are! -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote in message ... Anyone with a MAC out there? -- Alan Morris |
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