In article <1iglak2.1xxupzxc4rtouN%wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Andy Hewitt) wrote:
> 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.
I also have an XP system using my USB printer hosted on an iMac. My
iMac G5 is connected via Ethernet to my router, and several other Macs
in-house access its printer in the usual Apple way via wireless. My
work system is XP and uses that very same printer via Bonjour for
Windows and its wireless connection to my network with little trouble.
The only hiccup is that I had to tell Windows that my printer was a
Generic/Postscript printer when it's actually an Epson...but so far I've
had no troubles.
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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