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seanster · 08-14-2009, 02:19 AM

Hi, I have a iMac with 10.5.8 installed, in our main computer room. The mac is directly connected to my wireless router. Next I have a Windows computer running XP Pro upstairs in my room, running off wireless internet.

I have HP PSC 1350 printer connected via usb on my mac. I have turned on File and Print sharing. Everything seems to be good.

I go up to my xp machine and searched for the printer. It came back and told me to install the drivers but when I go through the list it gives me it doesn't have my model. Therefor I went to the HP site and downloaded and installed the drivers for the printer.

After doing all that it still does not let me print a document from my xp machine to my printer that is connected to my mac via usb.

Does any one know how to do this with windows xp and mac os x 10.5.8 when I search google everything that comes back is either to do with 10.3 or 10.4 or to get a mac to print to a windows printer.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! i'm going insane trying to figure this out.

arkayn · 08-14-2009, 03:58 AM

Bonjour for Windows

Install Bonjour for Windows and let that select the shared printer. I think I have my HP selected as a generic postscript printer and it works just fine.

seanster · 08-14-2009, 06:55 PM

After installing bonjour and running that program it gives me this.

"You don't have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer"

I am the admin. There are no other accounts on this computer.

jkuehn1010 · 08-17-2009, 12:21 PM

Have you gone into the Mac's network settings and selected the Workgroup that your PC is in?

I'm not holding my breath that this will fix it, but I've seen a few instances where the PC will have Workgroup settings that if the Mac isn't apart of it, sharing services will be hampered or non-existent until the Mac joins the PC's Workgroup.

You get there by going to System Preferences | Network | Click Advanced at bottom right | WINS | Select possible Workgroup from pull down.

jkuehn1010 · 08-17-2009, 12:25 PM

One other possible thought...are you running OS X firewall at all or any other firewall software that would block or filter any incoming port requests for port 9100?

seanster · 08-18-2009, 02:30 AM

The workgroup and sharing I believe are set correctly because I can see all my folders on my mac and I can see the shared windows folder on my mac. I checked my firewalls and security programs and none of them are blocking anything.

08-14-2009, 02:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
seanster Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 274 Credits: 2,009	XP/MAC Print sharing! Hi, I have a iMac with 10.5.8 installed, in our main computer room. The mac is directly connected to my wireless router. Next I have a Windows computer running XP Pro upstairs in my room, running off wireless internet. I have HP PSC 1350 printer connected via usb on my mac. I have turned on File and Print sharing. Everything seems to be good. I go up to my xp machine and searched for the printer. It came back and told me to install the drivers but when I go through the list it gives me it doesn't have my model. Therefor I went to the HP site and downloaded and installed the drivers for the printer. After doing all that it still does not let me print a document from my xp machine to my printer that is connected to my mac via usb. Does any one know how to do this with windows xp and mac os x 10.5.8 when I search google everything that comes back is either to do with 10.3 or 10.4 or to get a mac to print to a windows printer. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! i'm going insane trying to figure this out.

08-14-2009, 03:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
arkayn Arrrggghhh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Golden Valley Posts: 26,422 Credits: 378	Bonjour for Windows Install Bonjour for Windows and let that select the shared printer. I think I have my HP selected as a generic postscript printer and it works just fine. __________________ 2.0 GHz iMac C2D - OS X.6.4 - 2.5 GB Ram 2.80 GHz Tower - XP Pro- 2 GB Ram 2.33 GHz Quad - Windows 7-64 - 4 GB Ram

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08-14-2009, 06:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
seanster Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 274 Credits: 2,009	After installing bonjour and running that program it gives me this. "You don't have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer" I am the admin. There are no other accounts on this computer.

08-17-2009, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
jkuehn1010 Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The South Posts: 311 Credits: 1,213	Have you gone into the Mac's network settings and selected the Workgroup that your PC is in? I'm not holding my breath that this will fix it, but I've seen a few instances where the PC will have Workgroup settings that if the Mac isn't apart of it, sharing services will be hampered or non-existent until the Mac joins the PC's Workgroup. You get there by going to System Preferences \| Network \| Click Advanced at bottom right \| WINS \| Select possible Workgroup from pull down.

08-17-2009, 12:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
jkuehn1010 Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The South Posts: 311 Credits: 1,213	One other possible thought...are you running OS X firewall at all or any other firewall software that would block or filter any incoming port requests for port 9100?

08-18-2009, 02:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
seanster Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 274 Credits: 2,009	The workgroup and sharing I believe are set correctly because I can see all my folders on my mac and I can see the shared windows folder on my mac. I checked my firewalls and security programs and none of them are blocking anything.