Printing to a shared printer

Hello i have a printer connected to windows machine that i can connect to over the wireless, is it possible that i can print to that printer? if so how would i go about do so?
thanks

If your Mac can connect to a shared folder on this Windows computer, then it is often possible to print from your Mac to the printer connected via USB to the Windows computer. But you often cannot use the vendor provided driver and must use a CUPS based driver, such as those provided by Gutenprint or PrintFab. Since Gutenprint is preloaded, hopefully the printer you want to connect to is already listed.
With printer sharing enabled on your Windows PC, open the Print & Fax pane and click to Add a printer. Then select the Windows icon. The workgroup name used by the Windows computer should be displayed. If you click this, the computer name should then be displayed. Click again to see the printer share (note that you may have to enter your Windows user name and password to see the share). Once the share name is shown, you can then browse through your Print Using list for the appropriate Gutenprint driver.
Now, if your model is not supported by the latest versions of Gutenprint, then you may have to look at another method of printing via Windows. The following is one such method that may work for you.
http://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/winmacprinter/
PaHu

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Eventually I discovered the following.
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Printing to a shared printer on Windows 7 from 10.6

I have two MacBooks running Snow Leopard and I'd like to print to a shared printer on a Windows 7 desktop PC. I've tried putting all three computers on the same WORKGROUP but I still don't see the Win7 box. Help!

Windows 7 introduced a new sharing feature called HomeGroup that is supposed to replace the workgroup for home networking. However, the feature only works for Windows 7 connected to other Windows 7. Therefore, if the Windows 7 computer has been configured to use HomeGroup, the first thing you need to do is detach Windows 7 from the HomeGroup.
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With the network profile selected, another setting within the profile that can hinder the discovery of the shared printer is the network discovery setting. With this setting turned off, the Windows 7 computer will not appear under the respective workgroup (or if the setting has been changed after the computer was seen by the Mac, then it can appear in the workgroup computer list but will not show any shared printer - this is most likely due to the LAN manager timing). This setting can be accessed via Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Advanced sharing settings.
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*Adding the Printer*
Now that you can see the printer share, the next step is to add a printer driver that will support the printing via a Windows computer. The Canon drivers do not support this type of connection, even the so-called CUPS drivers. For this type of connection, the user must have the Gutenprint driver set installed, which may not be installed by default depending on the type of install they performed with Snow Leopard.
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Pahu

Cannot print to a shared printer on Windows

Hello,
I am a new user to Mac OS. Since ive bought it, about 2-3 months id say, im unable to print to a shared printer (via LAN) from my MBP. I have tried a lot of things and even tried Apple Support in my city (which isnt any good) and Printer Company support (Canon), they both are blaming on each other. Leaving my problem unsolved.
Here is the set up:
Win XP PC
Mac OS X 10.6 MBP
2 Printers;
1. Canon LBP 2900
2. Canon MF4350d
both shared over LAN to other PCs.
Basically, Id like to ask a few question I think might help me.
1. What kind of driver should i use while printing ? Im using the Generic one. I tried printing with 4350d driver, didnt help either. No driver available for LBP2900.
2. Do i need to make any settings on my Win XP or Mac OS X ?
any help would be appreciated. as this is really getting under my skin.
Thanks.
-Raghav

I didnt mean to upset anyone. Its really cute to see every MAC person getting so upset even with the slightest negative comment for Apple. .
See as far as I am concerend I perceive this problem as a MAC related problem. Because my other Windows PCs arent having the same issue. I know MAC has some advantages over Win, Im not debating that.
Try to look at it from my perspective. I have used windows for about 12-15 years untill I got my MBP a few months back. The reason why I chose MBP was because I was impressed with what Apple did with iPhone 4 so I thought I should try an OS which is so hyped to be better than Windows. Truth is I am having a lot of problems with it.
1. Compatiblity is a major issue. Maybe not in North America. But I am from a small place in India. Printers, websites, etc.
2. Support/Service is pathetic. No ones knows whats going on. They are blaming each other (Apple & Canon)
3. It really over heats ! upto 80 Degrees C ! I always heard MBs are super cool and all that. Truth is I cant use it on my bare lap. Whereas I got a HP Notebook at least 5 years old that hears up less than my MBP.
4. Resoltion is so high I cant read text properly. OS X isnt a resolution independent OS, unlike Win.
These are just few. I am not saying Im competely unsatisfied with the product. I do like its style. Its battery performance. Keyboard. Trackpad.
But If an average consumer gets irritated in day to day tasks, then that OS isnt for the majority out there. Thats all I am saying. I have to look up for so many tweaks into Mac OS to make up for some basic things that Win has over Mac.
Anyways, dont get offended. nothing against you. ITs just im not a fan of Apple. If could Id return my MBP, but I cant so. Here I am

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Hello chaps,
Here's an annoying one.
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The problem: When my wife prints to the shared printer from her machine it works fine. When my kids try to print from their Parental Control-controlled account it doesn't.
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The account has the box ticked to allow administration of Printers.
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Message was edited by: Chris Noble

Hello chaps,
Here's an annoying one.
Two Macs, both running OS X 10.6.3. They are both on a wireless LAN, once has a Canon Pixma 4200 printer directly connected via USB with Printer Sharing turned on - Everyone allowed to print.
The problem: When my wife prints to the shared printer from her machine it works fine. When my kids try to print from their Parental Control-controlled account it doesn't.
The job comes up in the print queue but with On hold (authentication required) next to it.
The account has the box ticked to allow administration of Printers.
I can find no place to Authenticate, to get the job to print, even via the CUPS Web interface (that I'm not an expert in).
All clues gratefully received.
Anyone have anu clues
Message was edited by: Chris Noble

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I'm connected to the same ethernet as Mac Pro. The printer is connected via USB.
I have been able to print before but going forward the ability to print is inconsistent. Sometimes I can see the printer when trying to add it in Print & Scan and sometimes I can't. I deleted the printer trying to troubleshoot. When it does show up, I sometimes get the error "The printer is not connected".
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As I search in Google I found that there are many question about hot to print on windows shared printers. This is the way....
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4. Dont forget to thick on you account name below...
5. You're good to go...
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Hello Greg & Hello PAHU...
Yesterday everything is fine for printing to windows shared printer. But after I update my XP, problems came up again....
And thanks to your link Greg, you are absolutly right about the driver...the problem is the driver...
And your link is solving my problem (until know....) and you are right too PAHU, without thicking File Sharing feature in my Mac, I still can printing with windows shared printer...
And with this reply I admitted that my information above maybe wrong, and the real solver to my problem is to install gutten-print driver :http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
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Printing to a shared printer on a different subnet

I have 2 macs:
1 on a wired on subnet 1 (10.0.0.xxx) = SERVER
I have my Powerbook on a second (wireless) network (10.0.2.xxx) = CLIENT
The 10.0.2.xxx router is plugged into the 10.0.0.xxx router so I can see (ping and map drives on) the SERVER from the CLIENT
The problem I am having is I cannot see any shared printers on my SERVER because it am on a different subnet than the CLIENT.
Is there a way I can tell the CLIENT machine how to find the shared printer on the SERVER?
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Is there a reason you want to keep the two subnet arrangement?
The second router is what's preventing the connection.
Your easiest fix would be to change your use of the second router to wireless access point - where the second router's functions except wireless are turned off (No DHCP, no firewall, no NAT).
It is possible (depending on router setup functions) that you can use port forwarding to direct port 631 (IPP printer sharing) to the IP address of the wireless computer and get this working as is. Won't hurt to try. This would be on the 2nd router only.

Printing to a Shared Printer on Windows

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I just purchased my very first iMac. Been a WIndows guy since there was a Windows so it's a pretty steep learning curve. I have a Windows Server at home that has a shared printer. I can successfully setup the Printer in System Preferences - Print and Fax. The problem I'm having is that whenever I try to print something, I see the following error in status screen:
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-- Val

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-- Val

Can't print to a shared printer on 10.6.8 iMac from Windows 7 iMac

I am creating another discussion as I made some changes and hoping PAHU-san will be able to solve this problem. I am using a Mac OSX 10.6.8 iMac and Windows7 iMac. I installed the driver Canon LBP6750 UFRII on each machine and both can print. However, printing from Windows 7 iMac to a shared printer on the Mac OSX 10.6.8 does not print anything and has no errors.
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1. Generic PostScript - prints out strange characters and prints forever
2. Generic PCL Laser -
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Connecting to 192.168.10.151:631
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Connecting to printer...
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Set job-printer-state-message to "Connecting to printer...", current level=INFO
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] STATE: -connecting-to-device
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Connected to printer...
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Set job-printer-state-message to "Connected to printer...", current level=INFO
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Connected to 192.168.10.151:631 (IPv4)...
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] prtMarkerSuppliesLevel.1.1 = 19
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] ATTR: marker-levels=19
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] new_supply_state=0, change_state=0
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] new_state=0, change_state=0
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Getting supported attributes...
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Set job-printer-state-message to "Destination printer does not exist!", current level=ERROR
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Backend returned status 4 (stop printer)
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] End of messages
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] printer-state=5(stopped)
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] printer-state-message="Destination printer does not exist!"
D [02/Feb/2012:10:45:17 +0900] [Job 1] printer-state-reasons=paused
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I just got a mac and so far I love it! It connected to our wireless network just fine. However, I'm struggling to get it to print. The printer is an HP1317psc (all in one) printer, connected via USB to a Windows XP machine and shared on the network. All PCs can print to it just fine. Network has a wireless router.
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Check with HP on this problem. I have a friend who has a Mac and a wireless all-in-one HP printer. He contacted HP and found that the wireless feature (at least on his model) is not supported for Macs and he had to connect via USB to print correctly. Now this was two years ago so your model may be newer..but this sounds more printer related than network.

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I searched for an answer to this and could not find anything so I am going to appeal for help. I have a Color LaserJet connected via USB to a G4 machine that is sharing the printer. The sharing works fine, all of my machines can access it. The problem occurs when users try to print from some of the older programs that we have that run in Classic mode. When we try and print from these programs, I cannot find the shared printer. I tried to access it via the chooser but had no luck. I will admit that I am not very familiar in navigating or using Classic or any version of OS9 so it is very possible that I am missing something very easy, but I would much apppriciate it if someone could point out what that is. Thanks!!
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Same problem here with a HP Officejet 6100, if I remember correctly. I could find the printer but not the proper printer driver. The generic driver did not work at all. I messed around, selecting different drivers to see if it would work if I could find one that was close and it worked!
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Try selecting something in the driver list that you think might be close to the capabilities of your printer and see if that works. If you go through enough drivers, you might be lucky, like me, and find something that works.

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I replaced the PowerBook with a MBP C2D and the Windows laptop with a Sony Vaio, and this same printing arrangement no longer works. Setting up the printer in Windows goes fine. The Bonjour printer setup assistant finds the shared printer just fine, and set-up appears to succeed, but printing from any Windows app fails with the error message, “Printing failed because an error occurred.”
What am I doing wrong?

…On the VAIO, are you still creating the
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is recommended to leave it set this way).
Yes, it’s Standard/Generic Postscript, although I also tried setting it up with the appropriate printer-specific Windows driver with the same result.
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wrong. The cups error log may be helpful (providing
the spool file is getting to the MBP).
Good idea. Unfortunately nothing shows up on Console. I suspect the connection is failing entirely on the Windows end.
However, the connection does work on the file-sharing level. In a Windows Explorer window, I can successfully browse \\[Mac name]\ and see the printers as well as shared files

Help printed to windows shared printer

I can not print to a printer hooked up to windows xp pro machine. I can add the printer without any issue. When i try to print something, i get an error. Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED, then i get Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds...
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Greetings:
I'll just throw in my 2c.
Forum participant "Camotec" at
*http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5852413*
has also provided a solution to the printing difficulties encountered under Leopard, especially to shared printers connected to another machine (Windows) on a network.
Here is his advice/step by step - worked for me, finally!
+"Hey guys,+
+I have the solution for you.+
+Prerequisites: 1. your windows PC with the printer on it needs to have an admin account on it with a single word no spaces. (preferred unix) 2. your printer sharename is a single word (ie. Canon iP4300 should be just ip4300).+
+Now follow the below steps:+
+1. Open your system preferences > Open Print & Fax+
+2. Click + to add a printer.+
+3. Right-click on the Toolbar at the top and select "Customise Toolbar..."+
+4. Drag the "Advanced" icon to the toolbar & select "Done"+
+5. Click the "Advanced" icon+
+6. Select "Windows" from the "Type:" drop down menu+
+7. In the "URL:" textbox type the location of your windows printer in the format below (use the format depending on whether your Windows PC sharing the Printer has a password or not):+
+smb://username:password@ipaddress/printersharename <- Print Server does have a password+
+smb://username@ipaddress/printersharename <- Print Server does NOT have a password+
+(eg. smb://[email protected]/ip4300)+
+8. Enter a Name and Location. (Human Friendly Names with Spaces are allowed)+
+9. Now select the appropriate driver and then click "Add"+
+10. Try printing somthing and then it will ask for a username and password of your windows server. Type and username and then the password and then add this to your keychain and click OK.+
+And there you go. Printing in OSX 10.5+
Cheers
+Ben Camilleri+
+Camotec Web Solutions+
[email protected]
+http://www.camotec.com.au "+
Now, of course, I have to figure out how to point my MBP to a shared printer located on another - Win - machine on the network, WITH A DHCP, dynamic IP assigned. A minor wish actually...
- Roger T

Printing on a shared printer from our new iPad on our home network

How can I send a print job to a shared printer on our home network? The iPad uses this network's WiFi capability.

It depends on the printer. iOS devices can only print directly to AirPrint printers. All AirPrint printers are wireless but not all wireless printers are capable of using AirPrint.
To print directly from an iPad / iPhone you will need an AirPrint compatible printer or another device to act as a print server. That can be a Mac computer running Printopia ($19.95 with free trial) or handyPrint (donation - supported). The Mac must be "on" but may be asleep for them to work. Equivalent PC options may exist but you're on your own finding them.
You can also buy this standalone print server:
http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/xprintserver/xprintserver.html
These options enable you to use any printer available to your network, even older ones that may predate AirPrint by decades.
Otherwise you will need to buy an AirPrint printer or multifunction device.

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