[Ti] PrinterSharing Mac/Windows

[Chris Olson]

On Nov 28, 2004, at 3:43 PM, Peter Schumacher wrote:

>  from a Windows XP I want to print on my HP connected via USB on my 
> Titanium, X10.3.6.
>
> I've enabled printer and windows sharing. But I don't see the printer 
> from the Windows box. What did I wrong?

Mac, Linux, and just about everybody except Windows, uses CUPS (Common 
Unix Printing System) by default.  To print to a Mac shared printer 
from Windows, do the following:

Open your Printers control panel and select the Add Printer Wizard.  
Select "Network Printer".  Select "Connect to a printer on the internet 
or your intranet"

Enter the URL thus: http://server:631/printers/printer

server will be the NetBIOS name of your Mac if you have names 
resolution such as WINS or DNS available on your LAN; if not, replace 
server with the IP address of the Mac.

printer is the Print Queue name of your printer, which you can get from 
the OS X Printer Setup Utility****

Click Continue to the next pane. You will get an informative message 
like "The server on which the blah blah blah printer resides does not 
have the correct printer driver installed.  If you want to install on 
your local printer click ok"

Windows is brain-dead, so click OK.

Select any Apple LaserWriter Postscript Printer as follows:
Select Manufacturer = Apple
Select any postscript printer, e.g. Apple Color LW 12/660 PS

Click continue.

Select Yes or No to whether you want the printer to be default and 
finish.  Optional - right click the new printer and from the Printer 
Properties menu, print a test page.

**** To get the Printer Queue name - open the OS X Printer Setup 
Utility.  Select the printer in the list and click on Show Info.
--
Chris