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    ShaundaPalmer Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 28, 2008, 12:10 PM
    Networking between windows and mac
    I have a computer running Windows XP and a new apple laptop which is Mac. How do I share a printer on this network? The printer is attached to the Windows computer.
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    ScottGem Posts: 64,966, Reputation: 6056
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    Feb 28, 2008, 12:23 PM
    I don't think you can do it that way. You need a networkable printer or a print server to attach it . Then you connect directly into the router or switch.
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    Feb 29, 2008, 09:55 AM
    Maybe this will help,

    I found this on a post on macosxhints.com

    Here is how you do it.

    On the WinXP Box:

    Add the TCP/IP print server service

    1. Log in with Administrative privileges.
    2. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
    3. Double-click Add-remove Programs.
    4. Click the Add-Remove Windows Components side button.
    5. Open the Other Network File and Printer Services section.
    6. Put a checkmark in Print Services for Unix.
    7. Click OK; click Next. (The Computer will probably ask for the WinXP install disk, put it in and the install will run automatically.)
    8. Click Finish.
    9. Close the Add-remove programs window.

    To have the service start automatically (as a daemon):

    1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
    2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
    3. Double-click Services.
    4. Double-click TCP/IP print Server.
    5. Change the "Startup Type" to Automatic.
    6. Click OK and close the windows that are open.

    To share the printer for TCP/IP printing:

    1. Click Start -> Settings -> Printers.
    2. Right-click the print you want to share and select Sharing.
    3. Click the radio button for Share as and fill in the share name you want to print to.

    On your Mac:

    1. Launch the Print Center.
    2. Click the "Add Printer" button.
    3. Change "Appletalk" to "IP Printing"
    4. Enter the WinXP Computer's IP address in the Address box.
    5. Uncheck the default queue radio button.
    6. Enter the name of the printer share you defined on the XP machine.
    7. Select your printer model (Install Gimp-Print if you don't see a ppd for your printer, restart print center and try again).

    Print away!
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    chuckhole Posts: 850, Reputation: 45
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    Mar 4, 2008, 09:34 AM
    Don't you at the least, have to have Mac OSX installed to support IP printing?

    Our Unix/Linux and Mac (the red-headed stepchildren) users use TCP/IP printing services without any problems.
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    Mar 5, 2008, 05:08 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by chuckhole
    Don't you at the least, have to have Mac OSX installed to support IP printing?

    Our Unix/Linux and Mac (the red-headed stepchildren) users use TCP/IP printing services without any problems.
    In this case the printer is attached to the windows box. In the case of your step-children ;) they print directly to a network printer which has a print server included with it. The steps that scoobydoo_157 outlined make the Windows XP machine appear as a TCP/IP printer which the Mac can print to.

    Casey

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