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sharing printer with Windows machine isn't working - Fritz - 02-17-2007
my wifes laptop see the printer but won't print to it.
I have printer and windows sharing on. And the printer is checked in Printer & Fax settings.
any idea?
I'm in Tiger she's on XP Pro.
Re: sharing printer with Windows machine isn't working - Golfer - 02-17-2007
Have you installed Bonjour for Windows? Makes things a lot less of a hassle.
If you're not using Bonjour you'll need to using a postscript driver on the XP machine, I've used a laserwriter driver in the past.
Re: sharing printer with Windows machine isn't working - Fritz - 02-17-2007
it is installed, but for some reason .........
Re: sharing printer with Windows machine isn't working - Mike Sellers - 02-17-2007
Under Properties>Advanced>Driver for the printer in Windows, you have to have a generic Apple LaserWriter printer driver selected, not the actual driver for the printer. For example, my Epson 1280 is set up as an Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 and my Samsung ML-1710 is set up as an Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS. You'll be limited to very basic settings for the printer but as long as you're not trying to do 1440 dpi Photoshop prints, you'll be OK.
Re: sharing printer with Windows machine isn't working - Fritz - 02-17-2007
huh, for some reason, the Bonjour printer was gone.
I reset, and so far ........... badda bing