setting up a printer on network

ichiban_jayichiban_jay
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
ok, so here's the situation. I got a Epson USB printer hooked up to the family's PC. I have successfully networked the mac with the pc (it sure was fast... took 10 minutes... I usually have to take an hour with 2 pc's) . Anyways, how do I make it so that when I want to print something on my mac, it goes through the pc then to the printer? I heard that apple talk does it, but is it already installed on my computer? and what's the process of setting up a printer network? thanks in advance

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    kwondokwondo Posts: 217member
    Not that I know since I don't own a pc but it would most likely configure easier if the Mac is the host of networked print share.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    AppleTalk will not do this, but the CUPS system certainly will. First you need to share the printer from the PC (as if you were going to share it with other Windows PC's). Then go to the CUPS admin page on your box through a browser:



    http://localhost:631



    Then Click on the "Printers" link, and then add a new printer. When it asks for the device you need to choose "Windows printer via SaMBa". Then you will need the ip address, and the name of the printer (I think it is in the properties viewer on the Windows box). The next screen will ask you that, then you choose the driver (10.3 includes a large assortment through the Gimp-Print collection).



    After you are done with that you can use it like a normal printer in MacOS X.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    I get to where your talking but I only see the fields:

    Name

    location

    description



    I don't see any SAMBA thingy
  • Reply 4 of 8
    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    It is on the next screen...



    oh... and the three pieces of information it is asking for on that screen are for your information only. They get displayed at various points, but as far as the computer is concerned they could be anything (but a name is required).
  • Reply 5 of 8
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    ah... ok now the next question



    now it's asking for the device URI:



    It gives examples of how to do this, it looks like using the file one would be most feasible, but I don't know where my printer's folder is located on my Win XP, cause the way you get to it is hitting the start menu then printers. Does anyone know the long way of getting to the printer folder? Or is there another way of doing this?



    file:/path/to/filename.prn

    http://hostname:631/ipp/

    http://hostname:631/ipp/port1

    ipp://hostname/ipp/

    ipp://hostname/ipp/port1

    lpd://hostname/queue

    socket://hostname

    socket://hostname:9100
  • Reply 6 of 8
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    lalalalal ?
  • Reply 7 of 8
    mcqmcq Posts: 1,543member
    If on 10.2, try this (taken from Macosxhints ) :



    On OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), you can access a printer that has been shared on a Windows computer. Just follow these steps:

    Launch Print Center



    Hold down the Option key while clicking the Add button (in the Printer List window)



    Select Advanced from the first pop-up menu.



    Pick "Windows Printer via SAMBA" in the "Device" pop-up menu.



    Enter whatever you want in "Device Name"



    Enter the URI in "Device URI". The syntax is: smb://Server Name/Share Name



    Pick the printer vendor from the Printer Model pop-up menu, and the subsequent model.



    If on 10.3

    In Printer Setup Utility, there should be an option for Windows Printing, in which case you navigate to the shared printer much as you would in Windows. (i.e. Go to the workgroup the user's printer is on --> pick user --> pick shared printer)
  • Reply 8 of 8
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    yah!!!! it worked!!! THANKS SO MUCH YOU GUYS!
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