Accessing printer via windows 8 pc

I am attempting to connect to a Sumsung Laser ML 1660 printer using the Airport as a printer server, my other computers on Windows 98 and 7 work fine, but just do not seem to be able to see the printer and connect to it.

There is no bonjour for windows 8 yet.. this is required to access apple network resources on the PC.
You might be able to share it from the windows computer.. 98 that is going back some..

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Your HP Printer will acquire its LAN address via DHCP (from a range of IP Addresses) OR
a Specific IP Address (Static, Assigned IP) from your home (or office) Router.
The printer's Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) connection will have an IP address AND
if you have a wired Ethernet port (like 6830) that will be another IP address.
My Preferred Method (Best Practice) is to Configure the Home Router (Administration) to Assign Static IP Addresses to the Home Network (LAN) Printer. Most Router setup screens will use the Ethernet MAC Address (port) to properly assign IP Address to each port.
In this way, you don't have to worry about "reassigned" IP addresses for the printer, due to LAN changes, or during reboots of the router.

Wireless printing to Sharp printer via windows network

I finally convinced my mother to buy a Macbook Pro, and most things have been great. Except this: she can't print at her office, mega issue!
I don't know anything about the network or really about the printer. Her office manager had to type the MBPs IP address into the firewall before we could connect to the wireless network, and now the internet works fine. But we can't figure out the printing situation. When we add printer (under the IP option) we type in the IP of the printer, the MBP finds the printer, and it says the printer is idle. It knows the model number (Sharp AR-M550) and even knows the toner levels. However, when we go to print, nothing happens. We've tried the IPP, LPD, and Jetsocket options. Nothing works.
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Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
There could be a couple of causes for the Mac to fail with printing.
1. The printer does not support Postscript. For a number of office printers, the Postscript kit is an option. If you are trying to print to it with a Postscript driver (the Mac driver you downloaded for 10.6) but the device only supports PCL or a Sharp proprietary language, then you will not get any output.
Since there are Windows PCs printing to the copier I suggest you get one of them to do a Windows test print. This will confirm the IP address of the printer and show which printer driver language they are using. As I mentioned, it may be a Sharp proprietary language, which could be a problem as these languages usually only have a driver for Windows - not for Mac.
If they are using PCL then you can open System Preferences > Print & Fax, select the Sharp printer queue and open Options & Supplies. Under the driver tab you can select the print driver. If you change this from what it is currently using to Generic PCL Laser Printer, this will let her print but there is no finishing function (like stapling) but at least it supports duplex (two-sided) printing. Note also that the Generic PCL does not support color, it only prints in b&w.
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2. If the printer does support Postscript then some office printers also have a job control function. This is often used to restrict color printing and when enabled, it can stop the Mac from printing. If the device is a copier and users need to enter and ID/Password to perform color copying then this would indicate it has this function.
You can often check the setup of the printer by entering its IP address into a web browser. This will open its internal web page which shows details about the device, such as the printer languages supported, protocols enabled and if this job control is enabled.
If the device does have some form of job control enabled then there is often a setting within the driver that lets you enter the appropriate details. Sometimes you can see this via the Driver tab mentioned above. If there is no setting there then you can check the driver menus when you select to print.
Anyway, that's about all I can suggest you check. The fact that you can get toner levels indicates that there is a path between the Mac and the printer, so at least you know it is not network related, unless the printer ports are being blocked but I don't think this is likely - especially so if the Windows users are connecting via the same wireless network.
See how you go with this information and reply if you need more help.
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Yes, I also checked that sites:
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Simply change the RAW port to 9101, don't forget to remove all tasks from your printer queue first before changing.
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I see that you are having issues with setting up the printer on the one computer. I would like to help you out today.
I would uninstall the software, turn off the Startup programs, Antivirus software and update the driver during the install by the post I have provided.
Disconnect the USB cable.
Uninstall the software.
Here are the steps to run the uninstall from the computer or the CD.
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Touch the Windows key and the E key to access the computer window.
Select the C drive.
Select program files or program files x86.
Open the HP and printer name folder.
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Uninstall the software from the CD:
Touch the Windows key and the E key to access the computer window. Right click on the CD for the printer, left click open in a new window, double click on uninstall.
I would disable all the start up programs and temporarily turn off the Antivirus Software to see if there is a program interfering in the back ground. How to use MSCONFIG . Click on the start up tab and click disable all.
Download, save and then run the latest drivers. Don't Connect the USB cable until prompted during the install.
HP LaserJet Full Feature Software and Driver.
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Test the printer.
Then you will have to go back and enable the Startup programs and turn the Antivirus Software back on again.
If you need further assistance, just let me know.
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I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding start banner page "none".
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding job file of type application/postscript.
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding end banner page "none".
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Queued on "SUTTER_WG" by "kristophermiller".
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I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstocupsraster (PID 336)
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertoepson (PID 338)
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 339)
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E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] [Job 11] cgpdftoraster: got an error from cupsRasterInterpretPPD
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E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] PID 338 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertoepson) stopped with status 1!
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Hi iVirtual, what Mac OS are you running, Leopard (10.5.4) or Tiger (10.4.11)? Also, is your printer directly attached to your pc or is it a network printer directly on the local area network? One last question, do you have a firewall (like Trend Micro or Norton Internet Security) on your PC?
From my Mac running Leopard, I have no problem printing to a printer directly attached to my WindowsXP machine. However, I don't have the same luck from my Tiger Machines.
When I print to any networked printer (by that I mean printers directly attached to the network) from the WindowsXP machine with SP3, I always have to use the IP address. The printer.local name no longer works since I installed SP3.
simonparker, If your printer is directly attached to your PC using a USB cable, I don't think you'll be able to see it with the Bonjour Printer Wizard application. Since your printer is shared, you might check your WORKGROUP name on your PC. Something you might check is this:
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On leopard, when I added the printer to the Mac I did this:
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2) Press the + sign under the printer list, when the add window pops up, choose the "Windows" icon and you should see your workgroup name in the left list.
3) Choose the workgroup and it should populate with your machine name.
4) Select the machine name in the middle list and you should get a login and password dialog box.
5) Enter your PC's Username and Password.
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Originally Posted by vatson
Until last week we were running Netware 6.5 SP8. I was aware that accessing NetStorage via WebDAV (using Microsoft Web Folders) does not work on Windows 7. Now I migrated the server to OES 11 SP2 and I decided to re-investigate the issue. Currently, I still can't access NetStorage from WebDAV on Windows 7. When I try to add new network location in Windows, enter the correct URL and I'm prompted for username and password. After entering the correct password, the username/password window re-appears. On entering the username and password second time, I get error message "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another."
Is the situation still such that accessing NetStorage via Microsoft Web Folders on Windows 7 does not work, or do I have something misconfigured?
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My limited understanding is that MS seriously mangled/changed WebDav in Windows 7 and if you google for webdav webfolders and windows 7 you'll find all sorts of differing things that may be needed for things to work.
I do know that you can download the free NetDrive client software somewhere and that should work on Win7 against NetStorage.
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