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Sharing printer with classic mac os mac os x#
The only problem I found was that the Mac OS X did not want to use the specific driver for the printer. On the Mac OS X machine needing to print - the Mac client It may take a bit of hunting, but it seems to be the same scenario as with accessing a printer with Microsoft's SMB protocol Select the option Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and simply enter the URI to the printer, e.g., ipp://10.10.10.52/printers/Office.The Windows client has the ability to print to a remote printer via ipp.
On the Windows machine needing to print - the Windows clinet (tested with XP)
Click the Forward button and follow the wizard to complete the configuration of the printer. Wait for some affirmation that the remote printer is good to go. for the Queue: fiend, append the given name of the printer (you will need to look at the server's "Printer configuration** dialog box to find it, e.g., Office. for the Host: field, enter a name or IP address for the desired printer, e.g., 10.10.10.52. Under the Network Printer menu, select Internet Printing Protocol (ipp). System -> Administration -> Printing, hit the +New button. The more secure way, because you aren't auto-laoding things from the network:. Ipp:// ip.address.or.name/printers/ Printername If you look at the properties of the printer, you will see that the device URI is of the form:. If the machines are on the same subnet, and perhaps even farther afield from each other, the remote printer should just show up. The easy way: System -> Administration -> Printing, select the Server -> Settings menu, and select the option Show printers shared by other systems. On the Ubuntu 9.10 or 9.04 machine needing to print - the Ubuntu Client Open the "Policies" view and make sure that Enabled, Accepting Jobs, and Shared are selected Going back to the "Printer configuration" dialog box, open the Properties dialog box for your printer In the "Basic Server Settings" dialog box, select the option Publish shared printers connected to this system In the "Printer configuration" dialog box, select the Server -> Settings menu. Open the System -> Administration -> Printing launcher for system-config-printer application. The following is based on the Ubuntu documentation wiki NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu On the machine sharing the printer - the server The problem was on the Ubuntu side, and the solution was to use usernames and passwords to connect to the print server, but still, it was annoying. In terms of configuring the server and Ubuntu clients, it is the easiest to manage, as no editing of a text file is needed.Īnother problem I had with Ubuntu clients talking to a Windows machine sharing a printer was that it would keep failing. You can still add printers the following ways:Īll of these connection options can be found under the IP tab in the Add Printers window.The built-in print sharing based on Internet Printing Protocol (ipp://) seems to work pretty well. Sharing printer with classic mac os update#
For more information, see Update or change printer software.
Sharing printer with classic mac os software#
Update the printer software on your Mac, or ask your network administrator for help. If you can’t add the Windows printer you want, the printer software your Mac has for it may not support printing to a shared Windows computer. If that doesn't work, then this apple support article says that all compatible, windows shared printers appear in this list. (Make sure you match the color/black and white property) If you printer is not listed, choose the closest match.
Using the new popup menu, choose the appropriate printer software.
Sharing printer with classic mac os password#
You may have to enter the computer's username and password to access it. Navigate through the menu tree to find the windows shared printer you want. Press the + button at the bottom of the printer list.Ĭlick Windows at the top of the new popup Click the lock to unlock this preferences pane. Open System Preferences - Printers & Scanners. As a review, here are the steps to add a Windows shared printer:
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