xp printing to a mac connected printer HELP!!!!

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techcontroller - 27 Dec 2006 15:12 GMT

I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can
print fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to
it from other macs in my network. I want to print to it from my win xp
pc. I can see the printer and connect to it from my xp machine in a few
ways.

1. I can browse the mac via network neighborhood and connect to it that
way
2. I can go through the add a new printer option in XP to add the the
printer and can connect that way

The issue is that I am connected but everytime I print from the xp
machine it does not print.

I need help. I am a windows convert learning.

I'm running OS X

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William Smith - 28 Dec 2006 02:19 GMT

> I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can
> print fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to
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> I'm running OS X

Have a look at this page that details how to use Bonjour for Windows to
print to a Mac printer <http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3014.html>. This is
only for Mac OS X 10.4.

Hope this helps! bill

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William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

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Steven Buehler - 31 Dec 2006 01:50 GMT

> I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can print
> fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to it
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>
> I'm running OS X

Hi!

The Mac requires postscript drivers to print, which Windows does not
provide. Windows sends the output in the printer's raw format, which the
Mac can't understand and thus simply discards.

I suggest you go to http://www.apple.com/bonjour, download the Bonjour
Printer Utility for Windows from that site.

Once installed, make sure your printers are being shared on the Mac, then
run the Printer Utility in Windows to locate and set them up. Accept the
default "Generic Postscript" driver for each.

Note that you will not have any advanced configuration available on the
Windows side.

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xp printing to a mac connected printer HELP!!!!