[X4U] Network printing WinXP to OS 10.4.8

[John Erdman]

I think I was pretty tired last night when I wrote that rambling plea  
for help...

Here's a clearer version. ..   I follow all the steps for setting up  
my Mac's USB printer as a network printer. I'm pretty sure now that  
the Mac settings are all OK.

However when I try to add this network printer to the list in the  
Window XP machine it doesn't find it in the list of possibilities.  
Using the offered browse option, I find the iMac network but there is  
no printer offered. When I select that network option there is a  
place to enter the printers name.... and when I do enter one using  
the name used on the Mac, I get an error that I've either mistyped  
the name or that the network connection has been lost. Of course the  
Help function is not very helpful with trouble shooting.

Can anybody suggest any links that can help me with the  
troubleshooting?.  From everything I've read setting up a network  
printer is dead simple. So I figure I must be overlooking something  
very obvious.... but darned if I can figure out what it is.

The Apple support site doesn't address tis issue and Googling gives  
so many hits that it is tough to sort thru everything. Any  
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
John


On Dec 2, 2006, at 12:04 AM, John Erdman wrote:

> Hi Folks -
> I sure could use a good steer toward some detailed step by step  
> instructions for printing from an XP client to a USB printer on an  
> iMac G5 running OS 10.4.8.
>