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ojfoggin · 01-08-2005, 05:30 PM

Hi

I have a photosmart printer on my Mac and I'm trying to use it as a network printer on my other pcs. Both of which are PCs running windows XP. I have heard about a program called samba but I am sure that I don't need to us software to do this. I have already managed to share files etc with the mac and pcs so I can see the Mac from the pcs. The only thing I can't work out how to do is set the printer up so that is being shared.

I have tcked the box that says "start printer sharing" but when I look at the local printers in the sharing tool it doesn't have any there.

Hope you can help.

Thanks

Oliver

01-08-2005, 05:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
ojfoggin New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Leeds Age: 26 Posts: 18	OSx and XP printer sharing Hi I have a photosmart printer on my Mac and I'm trying to use it as a network printer on my other pcs. Both of which are PCs running windows XP. I have heard about a program called samba but I am sure that I don't need to us software to do this. I have already managed to share files etc with the mac and pcs so I can see the Mac from the pcs. The only thing I can't work out how to do is set the printer up so that is being shared. I have tcked the box that says "start printer sharing" but when I look at the local printers in the sharing tool it doesn't have any there. Hope you can help. Thanks Oliver