Imac printing wirelessly  from an existing pc network

I have a wireless network already set up in my home, my main pc is a win xp pro xomputerhave a laptop that already prints wirelessly thru it... thinking about adding an imac .. will that be able to print wirelessly too, my printers are both HP's and have mac drivers that are available.

Yes, usually with very few problems. Just get the Mac onto the wireless network and run the printer setup utility on the Mac, and that should be it.
Karn.

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