How to set up printing from my mac to a windows shared printer.

I'm trying to print to an HP PSC 1610 All in One printer. Everything is good in the set up while adding a new printer on the mac. The windows workgroup shows up as does the printer. My problem is that the particular model does not show up in the drop down list of HP printers. How can I add it to that list, or basically, how can I get it to work?
Thanks for your help.

So here's how you might be able to do this. I am not 100% if it will work or not, but in theory it sounds promising. HP has printers which support AirPlay and another feature they call ePrint. AirPlay is Apple's standard for allowing you to print from the iPad to an AirPlay-compatible printer. But it requires that both the iPad and printer are on the same WiFi network. You can use the tethering feature of the iPad (it costs extra from AT&T or Verizon so check into that) to create a WiFi hotspot. I assume this would allow you to connect the printer to the hotspot and then use AirPlay to print to it, although I am not certain if the printer is able to connect to a hotspot via the tethering feature. Or you can use the ePrint feature of the printer in which you "email" your document to the printer and it prints it. Again, it would require that the printer be connected (tethered) to a WiFi hotspot first. You'd also need a way to plug the printer into your truck - I know some newer vehicles actually provide a standard 110V recipticle vs. the cigarette lighter style.

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