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Re: Printing to a Windows printer from Mac OS X

Carlos,

Printing to Windows shared printers is an "unsupported" feature in
Jaguar. However, you will find plenty of non-Apple documentation
explaining how it's done. For example, the following is from the
GIMP-Print FAQ ...

Windows printer via SAMBA. If you want to print to a shared printer
connected to a Windows XP computer try these instructions (this
procedure has not been thoroughly tested):

1. Open the Print Center utility (located in /Applications/Utilities/ ).
2. Hold down the option key on your keyboard and either click on the
Add button in the Print Center toolbar or select Add printer... from
the Printers menu. A new sheet will open.
3. In the sheet click on the top popup menu and select Advanced from
the very bottom of the list.
4. Next, click on the Device: popup menu and select Windows Printer via
SAMBA .
5. In the Device Name: field enter a descriptive name for this printer.
6. In the Device URI: field enter the device URI in the following form:
smb://winuser:password@workgroup/server/printer
winuser
XP login name
password
XP login password
workgroup
XP workgroup name
server
Computer name of the XP machine
printer
Share name of the shared XP printer

7. Finally, click on the Printer Model popup menu and select the
manufacturer for your printer, and in the small window at the bottom
of the sheet select the PPD file for your printer model. It's important
that you select the correct PPD file, and the names are not overly
descriptive, but if you match your printer model number with the number
in the PPD file name you should be OK.
8. Click Add .
9. Print a test page.

-Paul


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 04:44 AM, Carlos Millan wrote:

> Hi
>
> How can I print to a Windows shared printer from Mac OS X?
> Where is the documentation dealing with this?
>
> I've read in the web that by pressing Alt key simultaneously with the
> Add icon in Print Center it is possible to select samba protocol.
> However this option is not working: there is no option for SAMBA in
> the Advanced drop box.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Carlos
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