Printing on a wireless network

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tibstibs
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in macOS edited January 2014
I bought my new (and first) unibody macbook 2 weeks ago. I'm loving everything about it



I was just wondering if the following is possible.



So I have a new macbook and a personal PC, both connected to a wireless internet network (with a D-Link Router).



There's a printer connected to my PC and I would like to know if it was possible to acces my PC through the internet and print files on it from my Macbook.



I hope I explained it good enough?



Thanks in advance !

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    tibstibs Posts: 3member
    If it's not possible with the setup I have you can telle me
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    Yes it should be possible. There are guides online you can work through to get it up and running:



    http://iharder.sourceforge.net/curre...winmacprinter/
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    mbmcavoymbmcavoy Posts: 157member
    FYI, I used to have an inkjet on one of two WinXP PCs at home; try as I might I could not get them to share properly. (I blame a trial with Windows OneCare for permanently screwing up the printer sharing, as it worked fine before that, was difficult during, and never worked after.) When I got my MacBook, I didn't try too hard, but it couldn't see the printer, either.



    When I got my Time Capsule, I moved the inkjet from the PC to the TC. Works wonderfully with the MacBook. With Bonjour for Windows, it works on the PCs, even easier to set up than most native drivers!



    I have a Lexmark E120n network-attached laser printer, took several hours to get it stable with Windows, works like a charm on the Mac, literally a zero-click install!



    Mac: Works better with Windows than Windows!
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    tibstibs Posts: 3member
    Well I can't seem to get it to work. I followed the way on the page that was posted but setting up the printer on the mac doesn't make the printer work. All the other steps work very well though.



    Maybe I made a small mistake somewhere...
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