[G4] Windows XP PC on Apple Network

[John Gittins]

Your options are the following:

1) Use  a rendezvous capable printer.
2) Use Microsoft's free Remote Desktop Client for the Mac. This 
enables you to run your PC from within your Mac - i.e., it appears on 
your Mac's screen and  allows automatic printing to your Mac printers.
3) Another possibility is a PC product called PC Maclan. Apparantly, 
its wizard automatically sets up bi-directional  PC/Mac printing. I 
haven't tried this and am hoping someone out there has and will send 
us all his or her impressions.

John

>jim,
>
>That didn't work but thanks anyway.
>
>rich
>
>On Feb 5, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Jim Pacyga wrote:
>
>>Not sure about the appletalk printer part, but just allow Samba 
>>connections (Windows Sharing under the Sharing Pref panel) and you 
>>should be able to use Cmd-K in the finder to open a server.  Just 
>>type in smb://<server-name> and it should prompt you to connect to 
>>a share that is available on that machine.
>>
>>As for the printer - try also allowing printer sharing from the 
>>Sharing Pref panel and with luck it will allow the printers on the 
>>mac to be seen by both other macs and the win boxes.
>>On Feb 5, 2005, at 12:55 PM, rich northouse wrote:
>>
>>>Hi guys/gals,
>>>
>>>I have a couple of PC's running Windows XP which I want to add to 
>>>my Apple network with the main purpose of sharing the appletalk 
>>>printers.  I am running OSX.3.7 on my two Macs -- both G4 
>>>minitowers ( quick silver?).
>>>
>>>It appears that Windows 2000 had Appletalk built in, but Windows 
>>>XP apparently does not.
>>>
>>>I will appreciate any ideas to get this job done.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>rich
>>>
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