How do I sahre a printer on XP with Leopard using wireless network?

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Please help!

Answer 1

We'll start with the assumption that both the XP and Mac computers are connected to the same local network and functioning normally. You will need to so something on both the XP system, and the Mac:
On the XP computer:
1. Click on the Start Menu and click on the "My Network Places" icon.
2. In the list on the left, click "View network connections".
3. In the "Network Connections" window, find your network connection (probably "Local Area Connection").
4. Right click on your network connection, and select "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
5. Click on the "General" tab.
6. In the box labeled "This connection uses the following items", check the box labeled "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks", then click on "OK"
7. Reboot the XP machine (usually not necessary, but there are circumstances where it is).
8. Click on the Start Menu and select "Printers and Faxes"
9. Right-click on the icon for the printer you wish to share and select "Sharing..." from the pop-up menu.
10. On the sharing tab, click on the "Share this printer" bullet, and give the printer a name in the box labeled "Share name" (use something simple), then click on "OK".
On the Mac:
1. Go to the Apple menu in the upper left of the screen, click on it, and select "System Preferences..." form the menu.
2. Click on the "Print & Fax" icon in the second row of icons.
3. If the little padlock in the bottom left of the window is closed, you need to click on it and provide the administrator password to make your changes -- do that.
4. Click on the "+" button under the box labeled "Printers".
5. In the window that pops up, click on the "Windows" icon.
6. Navigate to your XP computer and printer like you would navigating to a file in Finder, and click on the printer's name (the one you typed in the box labelled "Share name" in the instructions above for setting up XP).
7. Select a printer model under "Print Using" (if you don't find an exact match, find the closest model by the same manufacturer).
8. Click "Add".