Printing From Windows XP On An Airport Network?
Hi,
I currently run a wireless network with my airport extreme base station. Attached to the base station is a laser printer. I am trying to print wirelessly from my Windows XP machine, however, I am unable to get Windows to recognize such a printer on the network.
I've managed to network and share files between the two machines (OSX and XP) and my documents print great wirelessly from my Powerbook machine. However, I just can't get it working for XP printing.
Any help? Any third-party software utilities that might be needed? I looked up help in OS X but I was never able to get Windows XP to recognize a printer on the network.
Thanks,
Wayne
I currently run a wireless network with my airport extreme base station. Attached to the base station is a laser printer. I am trying to print wirelessly from my Windows XP machine, however, I am unable to get Windows to recognize such a printer on the network.
I've managed to network and share files between the two machines (OSX and XP) and my documents print great wirelessly from my Powerbook machine. However, I just can't get it working for XP printing.
Any help? Any third-party software utilities that might be needed? I looked up help in OS X but I was never able to get Windows XP to recognize a printer on the network.
Thanks,
Wayne
Comments
My printer is plugged into my iMac, but I can print to it over airport from my iBook AND an XP machine. I never really had to "set up" anything... once I got the XP machine configured into the network, everything worked fine... the printer and the macs just showed up in 'My network places" (or whatever it's called). The only caveat is, they have to be on and awake to show up.
It doesn't sound like I've given you much help, but at least you know it SHOULD work
If you do then it's most likely just a matter of setting up the printer on xp. I am assuming you did the windows XP portion correctly if you have a doubt let me know and I will tell you exactly what to do.
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