My MacBook Pro can't print on LAN but sees the printer
I have two Windows PCs and my MacBook Pro on my new Applecare Extreme router. I have my HP3300lj attached to the Windows XP computer. My MacBook can see the printer on the network but will not print. Can anyone help. Is the problem on the Mac or PC side.
If I'm right, it's both
HP laserjets almost always have two choices for driver when you add them on Windows. The default is PCL, and the other is postscript (says it in the driver name). The Mac driver is for postscript. You need to change to the postscript driver on Windows so it will recognize and be able to pass it along to the printer.
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