How do I set up a shared printer on a iBook?

what brand of printer? is the printer hooked up to a windows machine or is it attached to a router?

I know you can do it, but I haven't had any luck. You have to go to the Printer Setup Utility, add a printer, select More Printers, then select Windows Printing in the dropdown box and just play with the driver selections.

is it network capable? that is does it have an ethernet port or wifi capability?

if not then do the following...

get these 2 files

install both.

go into printer setup and add a printer.

select windows printing, and the subsequent machine connected to the printer. select the printer. for model choose generic PCL.

give it a shot and let us know how it goes.

are u able to connect to the network w/ the iBook? not just for internet, but do the other computers show up on the network section of the finder?

Do you have a firewall on any of the other computers? If so, you'll have to set the firewall to accept connections from the iBook.

Also, if that doesn't work, go to Applications>Utilities>Directory Access. Click the padlock at the bottom to authorise changes and then double click on SMB and add the name of the workgroup all the computers are on in the text box.

also, since u have your windows machines networked i'm guessing your norton/zonealarm is already setup to allow communication between computers on the network.

for jaguar (10.3? i really do get mixed up w/ all the cat names...) i'm not too sure about the networking. in tiger however i just click on the network option in the finder and it shows me what computers i'm connected to via the network, sometimes it takes a few seconds to recognize everything. there are manual ways to log on, but typically OS X will show shared computers in the network w/o having to manually connect.

did you try setting the iBook to the same workgroup?


Also, try installing Bonjour on the Windows machines and see if that works.

when u bring up the add printer window u'll need to click on more printers @ the bottom of teh window where the ip printer option is at. that will get u to the windows printing options we'd mentioned. sorry i missed that on the 1st go around.

Did you try this guide:
http://efelix.co.uk/tech/3004.html

If it still doesn't work after that try this guide:
http://efelix.co.uk/tech/3009.html

The first one didn't work for me, but the second one did. But, it doesn't hurt to use the first guide first.

I am using Tiger OSX printing over an Airport to my Windows PC network to which my Brother 1450 is attached. (before Tiger Panther) never had any problems. Belkin54 access point on a NEC Pentium runnning MS XP.

From your postings it seem that you can not access/see from the MAC other PC's on your wireless Windows PC network ?. If this is correct you should first connect to the PC network and insure that you are able to access shared files on the network. The next step would then be to setup the printer on your Windows PC to be used by the MAC.

You need to insure that Airport can 'see' your wireless network. ( click on the fanshaped icon on the finder bar.

This should show (i) That Airport is 'on' (if not turn it on)

(ii) You should also see the name of your PC wireless access point. ( for example belkin54g).

(iii) You should also see an 'open internet connect' option. If you click on that you will see the name of the network you are (hopefully) connected to and a signal strength bar. Verify that it is satisfactory strength.

Next goto the sidebar and click on network. There should be a folder named the same as your PC network 'workgroup' this maybe 'MSHOME" or what ever you called it when you created your PC network.

Probably there will not be!

Open the Directory Access program in your Applications --> Utilities click the padlock and sign in as Administator. Type the workgroup name (possibly .. MS HOME) in the SMB/CIFS Authentication screen. If this all goes ok you should start to see the workgroup on the Network. You should be then start accessing 'shared' folders on your Windows PC from the MAC (above) . From then on widows printing setup should be straightforward. HTH

damn good comment, being a G3 u may not even have wireless right off the bat.

Good point if Rodville could clarify some of his responses for example can he access the Internet from the Ibook ? It would help to 'sort out' his problem. As a 'switcher' (hopefuly) he will realise that OSX is 'the greatest' (well at least based on best OS)