[G4] Mixed Network Printing

[Rav Norodom]

No, problem. Dan.

I guess it's all depend on what type of printer you have. Mine is HP 
Deskjet 940c. Perhaps that is the culprit? I hadn't tried on the Canon 
model yet.

Rav


On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:33 AM, Daniel Brieck wrote:

> 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
>>
>
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