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Re: Sharing a USB printer with a Windoze machine?

by wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Hewitt) May 7, 2008 at 09:35 PM

Michael Breslau <mbreslau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Setup: iMac, 10.5.2, wired ethernet LAN, Cannon IP4500 printer on the
> iMac. In the next room, another iMac and a  Lenovo Thinkpad running 
> Windoze XP.
> 
> Question - is it possible/practical to share the printer among these 
> computers?  I could buy another printer (they're cheap enough) but I'm
> running out of space. Is there an ethernet print server or some software
> that I could use to print from the XP box?

Install Bonjour on the Windows machines (downloadable from Apple), I did
that here, and printer sharing worked a treat between Macs and Windows
boxes. I did have the printer connected to my G5 though.

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>
 




 3 Posts in Topic:
Sharing a USB printer with a Windoze machine?
Michael Breslau <mbres  2008-05-07 15:35:25 
Re: Sharing a USB printer with a Windoze machine?
wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PRO  2008-05-07 21:35:15 
Re: Sharing a USB printer with a Windoze machine?
"Steve W. Jackson&qu  2008-05-08 09:07:23 

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