IMac airport to PC printer through router, possible?

iMac core duo with Mac OS X.
Connected through airport.
PC wired to router. Dlink.
Can I print from the iMac to a printer connected to the PC? If so, how?

I have found a solution. Thanks for any help though.

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I have an iMac G5, latest OS Tiger, Windows XP PC, Linksys WRT54Gv5 wireless broadband router, and DSL modem. The PC connects to the Linksys router, along with the DSL Modem. The iMac is connected wireless to Linksys router. I have no problems sharing documents, but the iMac will not access the internet. What is wrong?
Thanks!

See the appropriate link below for your broadband provider. Sometimes it helps to reset the router pressing in the Reset button on the back of the router for at least 30 seconds while the router is powered on and starting the configuration from scratch.
Setting up a Linksys router for DSL Internet connection
Setting up a Linksys router with Cable Internet service
If using AT&T DSL, depending on the modem used there may be a conflict between the AT&T DSL modem an the Linksys router. This occurs if the modem tries to hand out the IP address 192.168.1.1 to the router's WAN/Internet port. If this is the case, log into the administration page of the Linksys router and change the Local IP Address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.2.1, save the settings, then power cycle both the router and any clients connected to the router.

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I have just upgraded to Leopard from Tiger and now I can't print. Previously, all 3 of my computers could print to my Samsung printer that is connected to the USB port of the Airport Extreme base station. They could see the Samsung printer through Bonjour and it worked great. Now my computers running Leopard can't see the printer on the wireless network. I've downloaded the latest driver from Samsung and that didn't help. When I connect the printer directly to my Mac tower it prints fine. However I don't want to have the tower on all the time, sharing the printer through the network. It seems to be an issue with Leopard + Bonjour + Airport base station.
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I have a G5 Tower connected via ethernet to the Airport router.
I also have an intel Mac Mini and a G4 Powerbook 1.67 connected to the Airport through wireless.
The Samsung laser printer is connected to the USB port on the Airport base station.

I too have been bit by the Leopard/wireless printing bug....
Originally, we had two older iMacs running Tiger; both printing to a Lexmark X502n wirelessly via an Airport Express. The set up worked flawlessly for approx. 15 months. A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded to a new (beautiful!) 24" iMac running Leopard. I can print one document, and then like the other posters, the printer shows it's printing, but the printer goes to pause and says it can not connect with host. The Express is on green light, and all the settings are there in the Airport Utility. If I go through the process to "discover" in the Airport Utility, I can then print another page.
But - once the new iMac goes into "printer pause" and needs to be reset, the other older iMac can no longer print. If I reset everything on the new iMac, the other iMac can print as usual - until I print from the new iMac. Lexmark still has no drivers available for this model and Leopard. Past postings on various boards projected they would be available by mid-2008. Obviously, that has not happened. I have contacted Lexmark and they tell me they don't know when drivers will be available. I spent most the day yesterday on the phone with 3 different people at Apple Care. No help other than to say I need the new drivers.
I'd move the laser printer over by my computer and connect via USB, but it is also our fax machine and on a dedicated line. Since we only have the one jack for the second phone line, moving the printer is not an option.
Any help appreciated! I'm ready to go out and buy new cartridges for my old trusty HP inkjet....
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Printing from a Mac to a Windows XP printer through a wireless router

I have searched through many posts and still cannont come up with an answer.
I have a Lexmark X5100 printer connected to an XP PC in my home. My iMac is recieving internet wirelessly from a router connected to the PC. I am trying to figure out how to print from my iMac to the printer connected to the PC. I have turned on printer sharing on the PC and the Mac, and when I go to the Printer Setup Utility>Add Printer>More Printers>Windows Printing>mshome, it gives me a list of printers, but none of these printers is the one that I want to print to.
I have also tried windows printing via SAMBA, but the printer driver is not listed in the menu, even though I installed it from the internet.
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I just went thru this with an HP Wireless Printer 6980. I had to originaly set up the printer with Windows. Once I had the windows machine working wirelessly with the printer ; I installed the software that came with the printer to the iMac. After the software was successfully installed ; I went to Utilities , and Printer set-up Utility and the iMac found the wireless printer and all I had to do was add it to the list at that point. It can work .... but it did take some trial and error to get it working. Good Luck !!

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Was this printer ever at one time connected to the Vista PC directly ? also with Vista ive seen issues with bonjour printers. Its due to either the firewall of this new junk they added in called windows defender. This application ive seen various results from it like it thought my install of Gears of War was a virus and etc. One thing you could even try doing is turn off the windows firewall and see if this resolves this issue. Seeing as this computer is behind a "hardware" firewall such as a router anyways you wouldnt really need to have the firewall on unless you had a strong need for the extra security

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Am I able to print through A.E. with my Lexmark X5150 All-in-one? I'm having issues. It's recognized by my laptop, but won't print through A.E. It does, however, print when the USB is plugged into my lBook directly. I think I have the latest drivers installed. Can anyone offer up any suggestions/help? Thanks in advance......

The Lexmark X5150 is not on the list of supported printers found at http://www.efelix.co.uk/tech/1013.html . Based on your findings, I suspect this printer just won't work with anything but a direct connection to your Mac's USB port.
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So, after a full week of trying to get my printer to print wirelessly, I finally got it to work... but only after I had begun to write this post on the Apple Forums. So, since I felt like this post was extremely clear in the process, I'm posting it, in case anyone else has the same problem. I hope this helps someone, since it was impossible for me to find a post that really offered a clear explanation for how to print wirelessly...
Here's my post:
No matter what I do, I can't seem to print to my wireless router! Unless, that is, when I use my girlfriend's Windows computer. I'm able to print through the router to my printer via WinXP, but not OS X 1.4. Whenever I try to print in OS X, I get the error messages "Unable to find host..." or "Jobs Stopped."
Here's my hardware:
Router:
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Firmware: 3.93.35.0.6 (Jan 5 2006)
Printer status: Ready
Printer location: http://192.168.2.1:1631/printers/My_Printer
Printer:
Samsung ML-2510
Computer:
MacBook Pro
OS X 10.4
Here's what I've tried to do most recently:
1) Applications> Utilities> Print Set Up Utility.
2) Click "Add Printer" in Printer List
3) Click "More Printers..." in print browser while holding down alt/option key
4) Select "Advanced in Pull down menu
5) Under Device, select Internet Printing Protocol using HTTP
6) Under Device Name, insert "My_Printer" (listed above)
7) Under Device URI, insert "http://192.168.2.1:1631/printers/My_Printer" (above)
8) Under Printer Model, select "Samsung ML-2510 series"
9) Click OK; make My_Printer default; and test print
Results:
(Printer actually prints) AMAZING!! I finally was able to get it to print. Apple forums is magical
Hopes this helps.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! I spent the past 3 hours trying to figure out why I couldn't get my mac to print on the wireless router. I found your posting about 2 hours into my quest, and it took me another hour to finally realize I needed to update the firmware on the router. I was using something from 2005, so when I installed the update, your directions worked! I never felt so happy to hear the printer! :-D
If you hadn't posted this, I would have never figured it out...thanks again!

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