Sharing a printer

Charles Martin chasm at mac.com
Fri Jan 23 22:54:33 PST 2004


> From: Mark Des Cotes <mark at astroprinting.com>
> I tried doing that last weekend without success. I was trying to get a
> PowerBook 1400 (OS 9.1) to access the USB printer that is hooked up to
> an iMac (OS 9.1). Does it matter that the PB doesn't have a USB
> connection?

No, as long the machines are hooked up via Ethernet.

>  But I couldn't get the printer to show up in the network
> printers window on the PB.

Did you install drivers for the "shared" printer on the PB?

_Chas_

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