Sharing Printer between macs

I am trying to setup printer in class rooms. I would like to do it how we normally do with windows based pcs, connect the printer to the left pc and share it to connect the right pc. I turned on sharing and made sure the printer was set to share, but when i try to add the printer on the 2nd not one option comes up under default. I tried adding through the ip and it says it is a valid ip and computer but when its finishing the setup it says Cannot verify the computer is on the same network and asks if i want to add anyway, i do and it does not print.

Why not simply connect a printer to the router and use it as a network device. If you cannot do that for some reason please follow:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6978

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Thanks I installed the gutenprint drivers and tried this, and now all working:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Printingto_a_Shared_PCPrinter
Printing to a Shared PC Printer
This article describes how to print from Mac OS X to a shared printer connected to a Windows XP machine. It assumes the computers are already networked and that you can access the PC's files. These instructions are relevant for Mac OS X 10.2 upwards. The instructions may work with Vista. I don't have the means to try it.
1. Find the IP address of your PC - go on Start > Run. Type in cmd and click run. Now type in ipconfig /all and hit enter. This should give you the machine's IP address.
2. Share the printer. Open up Printers and find the one you want to share. Right-click and choose Share. Now click the 'Share this printer' radio button. Now choose a sharing name. Keep it simple - e.g. HP, Office, PC etc.
3. Open a web browser on your Mac and type localhost:631 in the address bar
4. You should now have the Common UNIX Printing System web interface up. Click the 'Add Printer' link.
5. Type a name for the printer, making sure you don't include /, # or space characters. Click continue.
6. Select Windows Printer via SAMBA from the Device list and click continue.
7. For the URI, you need to include a username and password for an account on your PC. You then need to enter a URI in the following format: smb://username:password@ipaddress/printer. So for example smb://johndoe:[email protected]/HP
8. Choose your printer's make, or if you have a PPD file for the printer, choose that. Click continue and choose your printer's model. Now click Add Printer.
9. Done! You now have a list of options for changing the various properties of the printer.
You don't need to be on the same workgroup or domain as your PC, just the same subnet. If both your Mac and PC are connected to the same router, either wired or wirelessly, then you should be on the same subnet.
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Can't print to Windows 7 shared printer from Mac OS Lion

Dear all,
I would like to share my experience battling to figure out how to print to Windows 7 shared printer from Mac OS Lion. Myself had this problem and looking throughly in internet without success. But finally I figured out the solution by myself, hope this can help other Mac user with similar problem.
OK, when I try to setup my new MacBook Pro with OS Lion to connect with my Canon MX308 printer attached to desktop with Windows 7 Ultimate,
1. I simply select System Preferences>Print & Scan.
2. Then looks for the + sign just below the box to add a new printer.
3. From the option toolbar above, I select Windows. I have connect this MacBook with my Windows Network, so the workgroup will appear to the left column.
4. After I select this group, the computer list will appear in the middle column
5. Then after I select the computer which my printer connected to, my printer sharename will appear in the right column
6. Last step is to select the printer I want to use.
7. After that it will automatically put your printer sharename to the "Name". And then I select my printer driver at "Print Using" and find my printer manufacturer which is Canon MX300 series from driver lists. Finish!
My printer appear in the Printers List. But the problem is everytime I try to print there will be error message saying "ON HOLD Authentication Required".
This problem start to kill me, I search all around for similar problem, but the solution was never worked for me!
Until just now I figured out accidentally for the solution.
THE PROBLEM LIES ON MY PRINTER DRIVER!!!! Although I have downloaded the most update driver from Apple site and Apple Software update said there is no more update for my system!
The solution for my problem is Gutenprint Printer Driver! You can download this driver at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php, then select for the latest driver gutenprint-5.2.7.dmg. Install this driver!
Then back to Print & Scan in System Preferences, then right click on Printers List box, then choose "Reset Printing System..." to clear the previous failed printers.
After that, repeat the above step 2 - 7. Only for the last step I need to select the Printer Driver for my Canon MX308 for the driver name : "Canon PIXMA MX300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.7"
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We have an old G5 that we use to share a printer between various macs all running 10.9. I recently upgraded the G5 to 10.5 to see if that helped with some issues we had, but now that we can no longer print to the printer.
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...but use the Generic Postscript Driver I get: Looking for Printer > Connected to Printer > then the error "Stopped on server [G5's name] - No pages Found!". The job does appear on the G5 in the printer queue.
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There are some differences in sharing but it will work. I have a G4 that I use as a server, too.
First, tell me what printer model. There are driver differences, too.
At the heart, CUPS (the print control subsystem) uses IPP as the print sharing protocol. That part hasn't changed. So I recommend, for troubleshooting, setting up the printer on the client using IP printer > IPP protocol.
Here's a guide:
1) On the 10.5 print server, use a browser and point it at the CUPS admin web page athttp://localhost:631
Go to Printers list and find the queue name from the left side of the page next to the printer you want. Also note the IP address of the server Mac.
2) On a client, Add the printer as an IP printer > IPP protocol, and enter the IP address and queue name you noted above.
3) Select the generic postscript driver (on client Mac)
(after reading your second post, I want to remind you to set the server to use the correct driver.)
Finish and try it.

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac

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I an trying to help my sister share her printer with both her new iMac running Snow Leopard and her old PC running XP. The PC is connected directly to an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) because it has no wifi and her iMac is connected using the wifi. The printer is connected directly to the iMac with a USB cable. I have printer sharing turned on under system preferences on the Mac but I don't know how to find it once I get on the PC.
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hi i have been having an issue with file sharing between my mac and pc. my pc running windows 7 can connect to my two macs running mavericks (mbp and mini) but i cannot connect to the pc from my macs. i have file sharing using smb setup on my macs as well as the workgroup setup. i can see the pc in my finder shared tab but when i enter the username and password it loads like its trying to connect and then says cannot connect or sometimes makes you re enter the password and still nothing. i also tired connecting through finder go tab and connect to server but when i type in my ip it asks to input the user and password but wont accept it it just shakes and deletes the text in the user and pass fields. on my pc i have file sharing enabled and like i said i can access my macs no problem. i will give a quick guide of how i try to connect
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i have tired reinstalling windows 7 didn't help i tired installing windows vista and also didn't work
i have reinstalled mavericks and that also didnt work
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when i go to enter the username and pass it just shakes and makes me re enter
here is some screen shots from what happends
that is for trying to connect through shared tab and thi is through connect to server
after i push connect it shakes and stays the same

Accessing windows shared printer via mac over wireless

So i want to share my deskjet 812c thats attached to my pc and be able to print via my MBP over wireless. I simply shared teh printer in windows, but have yet been able to figure it out, or to get it to work. It seems that the MBP will not see the printer, so any advice or any walk throughs would be appreciated.
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I have an ibook G3 with Mac OSX, originally 10.1.5 but recently I upgraded it to Tiger 10.4. The hard drive is about to die (clicking in left corner, applications running slow even though I have enough memory). I'm sorry to say but I bought a Microsoft PC. I've just had so much trouble with my Mac.
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You have the right idea about using an Ethernet cable. It's the simplest way to transfer files without resorting to sneakernet.
Do you know whether or not either of your computers has a Gigabit Ethernet port? If so, any Ethernet cable (straight-through or cross-over) will work. Otherwise, get a cross-over Ethernet cable from your local computer store.
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