On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:11 AM, Chris Walker wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm setting up a mixed network - 1 Mac, 1 PC and two printers. Both > printers are to be accessible from either computer. This will be set up > using manual (fixed) IP addresses. > > Some points: > > Do the IP addresses need to be consecutive or can they be more or less > random within a given range - 10.0.0.X or whatever? > the easy way is to use Rendez vous !!! it does everything for you I have just installed an HP Color Laserjet 2550 on 4 MAC, a dream ! you install the driver you go in printer setup utility you add you select rendez vous (the Mac will search over the Network for your priner(s) then you select the printer Best regards Cyril My Mails are filtered by the SPAM engine of Wanadoo. SPAMMERS you can remove all the @Wanadoo addresses for you SPAM Join the independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra forum (QLSO) for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda Petition : “Support of the APPLE LaserWriter 300 in MAC OS X” http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Ap1c1/petition.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1727 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20040915/7ec473d3/attachment.bin