10.5 and printer on WinXP

[serhito]

Hi,

I am an ex Windows user that finally saw the light, and bought a Mac with the latest OSX 10.5
My wife still belongs to the dark side and her computer runs XP. Our printer is connected via USB to her computer. I have tried to find out how to setup so that I can print from my Mac onto the printer through her computer. I am on a wireless network and file sharing is working fine. I googled the printer subject, but the only tutorials I found were outdated. Also, the printer I am trying to install is not in the default drivers preinstalled or available on OSX. The printer is a Canon MF4150.

Could anybody point me to an updated tutorial or help me do this ?

Thank you very much.

Serge

[Mr. Me]

... Our printer is connected via USB to her computer. I have tried to find out how to setup so that I can print from my Mac onto the printer through her computer. I am on a wireless network and file sharing is working fine. I googled the printer subject, but the only tutorials I found were outdated. Also, the printer I am trying to install is not in the default drivers preinstalled or available on OSX. The printer is a Canon MF4150.

...Assuming that your printer is the Canon imageCLASS MF4150 (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=335&modelid=14444), then it is supported by Canon for a USB connection to your Mac. However, you need a CUPS driver. Neither GutenPrint nor Linuxprinting.org supports it. You must share the printer as a generic PostScript [or LaserWriter] printer from Windows. To print from your Mac, you will use your wife's Windows computer as your print server.

[serhito]

Assuming that your printer is the Canon imageCLASS MF4150 (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=335&modelid=14444), then it is supported by Canon for a USB connection to your Mac. However, you need a CUPS driver. Neither GutenPrint nor Linuxprinting.org supports it. You must share the printer as a generic PostScript [or LaserWriter] printer from Windows. To print from your Mac, you will use your wife's Windows computer as your print server.

Thank you very much for your answer.

I confirm that this is the printer (Canon MF4150). I appreciate your help, but I must admit that I wouldn't know how to do what you just described. I am fairly new with Mac. I don't know what a CUPS driver is and don't know what you mean by generic PostScript printer.

Can you be a bit more specific, or do you know a good online tutorial ?

Thanks for your help.

[maybewise]

except the printer is an HP Deskjet 932C (and there is a Guten-whatever driver for it) connected to the Windows XP. Ironically, I could print on it from the Tiger OS but the connection disappeared when I installed Leopard.

Any help appreciated.

Hi, Serhito. Should I have posted this as a new thread?

maybewise