[P1] Is it possible to connect to a Windows shared printer?

[Kathe Wittenberg]

Mark,

Have you tried a parallel to USB adapter cable w/that HP printer? I 
used one w/my old Epson SC 800 when I got my G4 and it worked great, 
much faster then the serial connection when I had a PMac 8500. Don't 
see why it wouldn't work w/an iBook.

Kathe
Royal Oak, MI

On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 11:21 AM, Mark Kippert wrote:

> Fran Dollinger on 5/5/03 12:53 PM wrote:
>
>> I would think so....my husband has a PC Win98 and we bought a USB
>> printer share device and we are using the same printer (hp deskjet
>> 3320) w/o any problem. I'm running 10.2.5 on my iBook 600MHz dual USB.
>>
>
> If I understand you correctly, you're saying that you share the 
> printer by
> simply unplugging it from the Windows machine and plugging it into your
> iBook when you need to use it.
>
> The printer I'm referring to is permanently connected to a PC in a 
> different
> office from mine and is sharing the printer with other Windows 
> machines on
> the network.
>
> I would like to know if I can access this shared printer. I'm able to 
> do
> file sharing with Windows thanks to OSX, now I'm hoping that I can also
> connect to a shared printer.
>
> Right now I only have access to a B&W laser on the network. Since this 
> is my
> own iBook (and the only Mac here) the boss isn't going to spring for 
> another
> color inkjet for me to use once in a while.
>
> In the mean time, I've been saving items I want to print as PDF files. 
> Then
> I print those on the PC. It works fine but it's time consuming.
>
> Again, the printer is an HP DeskJet 890C (a parallel only connection) 
> being
> shared via a Gateway computer running Windows XP.
>
> -Mark
>
>
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