[G4] Mixed Network Printing

[Daniel Brieck]

Thank You Rav Norodom,

For telling us how to get printer sharing working. This is a problem 
that I have had on the back burner for a while, it good to be able to 
print from the pc with out having to unplug / plug usb cables. I used 
Apple Color Laser Writer 12/660 PS driver to connect to my G4 and print 
to a Canon i550  with out any problems.

Thanks again,
Dan Brieck Jr.


On Feb 22, 2004, at 3:45 AM, Rav Norodom wrote:

> From Jaguar, I am not so sure. But from Panther, Yes you can:
>
> 1. Open System Preferences, select Print & Fax, and check "Share my 
> printers...."
> 2. In System Preferences, select Sharing, under Services select 
> "Windows Sharing" and "Printer Sharing"
> 3. In Windows ME, add printer that appears as "Deskjet 940c" (or you 
> printer's name) under "powermacg4" or name of your Mac that is defined 
> under the System Perferences. When ask for driver, select Apple 
> LaserWriter (Mac accepts only PostScript language from Windows). When 
> ask for driver's components, insert Windows ME Reinstallation disk and 
> select "win9x" folder. All Apple's LaserWriter driver components are 
> in there. When print from Windows, the file goes straight to Apple's 
> print spooler. There won't be file showing inside Windows' print 
> spooler. All file will be printed in color under Apple LaserWriter 
> driver. When I tested printing from Outlook Express in Windows Me to 
> Mac's Deskjet 940c printer, the characters prints out weird looking. I 
> don't know what else I need to do to make it right at this point.
>
> I also had tried the other way around also (printing from Mac to PC 
> printer). The character prints out fine but the quality is not so 
> great. It's ink dithering is too visible which causes grayish tone 
> over all.
>
> Later on, I bought a separate printer for my PC just to safe my 
> headache. I think Laser Printer that has PostScript and network 
> hardware built-in can really get the job done right when printing from 
> any platform. USB printer is good only for sharing among single 
> platform.
>
>
> Rav
>
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2004, at 5:07 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:
>
>> 	I just bought a cheap LexMark USB printer today and I am trying to 
>> add it to my mixed Windows/Mac network.  The printer has Windows and 
>> Mac drivers, so it will work with everything in the network.
>> 	I was hoping to connect it to my G4/400 running Jaguar and use the 
>> printer sharing service with Jaguar to serve as a print server for 
>> the Windows machines.  Is there a way to do that?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kevin
>