Printing and Sharing

I am brand new to Mac. I have a PC that is connected to a printer (Brother MFC 8440). The PC is on a network. I added the mac to the network and verified that I was able to connect. Now I want to prin on the printer connected to PC. How do I do that? Do I need to download and install printer drivers?
Also, how do I enable file sharing? And where do I look for it on the Mac?

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
This link gives a step by step.
If you would consider attaching the printer to your Mac, there is another solution called "Bonjour for Windows" which is a free download from Apple. With Bonjour for WIndows, all your Windows PCs can print through a Mac attached printer.

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Hi All, I setup 2 Mac Minis, 'setup in a no-apple id. Now with Mini1 I installed a shared printer from Windows7 Pc it ask for credentials then I input Adminstrator account and the password ticking the remember in "keychain" I run a test print and its se

Hi All,
I setup 2 Mac Minis, 'setup in a no-apple id. Now with Mini1 I installed a shared printer from Windows7 Pc it ask for credentials then I input Adminstrator account and the password ticking the remember in "keychain"
I run a test print and its seamless. I reboot the Mini1 and run test print again and its good.
Now in Mini2 I did the same installation on shared printer but it is asking for user credential again and again, there is a check mark in "remember in keychain but still gives a notice that "requires authentication" I put the admin creadentials same with Mini1 then it prints.
every time I print on Mini2 its always asking for a user & password before Printing. How can we fix it.
I tried
- lpd printing = "authentication required"
- reset printer settings ang re-install printer = "authentication required"
- replace sharename in windows7, reinstall printer in Mini2 = "authentication required"
This stuff never happened to Mini1.

Hi All,
I setup 2 Mac Minis, 'setup in a no-apple id. Now with Mini1 I installed a shared printer from Windows7 Pc it ask for credentials then I input Adminstrator account and the password ticking the remember in "keychain"
I run a test print and its seamless. I reboot the Mini1 and run test print again and its good.
Now in Mini2 I did the same installation on shared printer but it is asking for user credential again and again, there is a check mark in "remember in keychain but still gives a notice that "requires authentication" I put the admin creadentials same with Mini1 then it prints.
every time I print on Mini2 its always asking for a user & password before Printing. How can we fix it.
I tried
- lpd printing = "authentication required"
- reset printer settings ang re-install printer = "authentication required"
- replace sharename in windows7, reinstall printer in Mini2 = "authentication required"
This stuff never happened to Mini1.

Unable to print to Canon iR-Adv C5045 from MacBook Pro that is connected to Windows computer and shared on the network

I am unable to print to a Canon iR-Adv C5045 from a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.9.4) that is connected to Windows NT computer and shared on the company network. I am connected to the network by ethernet.
I was able to add the printer manually by going to Advanced, Windows printer via spoolss, smb://computer name/printer name and used the Canon iR-ADV C5045/5051 driver.
When I print it appears to be printing but nothing comes out. I checked the completed jobs from the Print Queue and the job is listed. Checked the print log on the printer and it isn't listed. Is there a different driver I should be using for this configuration?

You may not have a choice as to what driver you can use. If the ADV C5045 only has the default UFR2 printer kit, then you will have to use the UFR2 driver - which is what you are using now. If you can access the copier, press the Counter Check button on the control panel. Then on the display you will see an entry labelled Check Device Configuration. Select this and scroll down through the pages. You are looking for an entry called PS. If you see it then the Canon does have the optional Postscript printer kit enabled and this will let you use an alternate driver. One suggestion would be to create the printer again using the same setting that you have done already but this time select the Generic Postscript driver included with the OS rather than use the Canon driver. This will help to determine if the driver is the cause.
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Printers added and shared without access to printer properties - Server 2012

On a Server 2012 domain controller, without the Print Management role installed, I have added a network printer through ‘Control Panel’ > ’Devices and Printers’, shared it through group policy, and the domain
member computers are able to print to the shared printer. But the printer never showed up in ‘Devices and Printers’ folder on the server.
The problem comes in since there is no way to edit the settings of the printer. The print queue for the printer does show up in Device Manager. I right-click the printer and select ‘Properties’, open the ‘Settings’ tab, and follow the link that
states, “Please go to the Devices and Printers folder to manage your printer”.
But this just opens up the ‘Devices and Printers’ folder which, does show/contain my printers.
If you are asking why the Print Management role is not used, It is because this system is self-contained and the most minimal features are installed on all computers for security compliance reasons. Therefore we typically just install the printers
on the domain controllers (via Devices and Printers) and then share them via Group Policy to the small number of workstations on the segregated network.
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So to try to fix this issue on the affected system (from my explanation above), I installed the Print Management role but the printers I created in ‘Control Panel’
don’t show up in Print Management. I still have no way to access the printer settings. Do I have to reinstall the printers? How do I remove the old printers? Do I just remove the ‘Print queues’ from Device Manager?
I tried to replicate my issue on a test system domain controller, built with very similar installation scripts as the affected system above was. I added a printer via ‘Control Panel’ > ‘Devices and Printers’, shared them, and they do not show up. However,
when I then install the Print Management role, the printers I created in ‘Control Panel’
now show up in Print Management. This is different than my affected system above.
If anyone could provide any insight on why this is happening it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan

Most likely this is a security setting on the print shares. When you open Devices and Printers, the security token for BUILTIN accounts is not passed to the Explorer process so launching this User Interface as administrator does not contain the ADMIN security
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Adding the Print Role opens the spooler RPC endpoint ( which you can also do by sharing a printer ) and adds the tools.
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Network Connection Failures Affecting Printing and Finder Access

I have a Canon MX320 connected via USB to my iMac running OSX 10.9.1. The latest Canon printer drivers are installed. Everything works fine with this printer and computer combination. The printer is enabled for shaing over the network.
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E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:43 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseOrder on line 9 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:44 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseAllow on line 10 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
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Hello Rescue_2003
Check to see if Wake for network access is checked in System Preferences > Energy Saver.
OS X Mavericks: Share your computer’s resources when it’s in sleep
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14244
Regards,
-Norm G.

Trying to connect 2 mac mini's as a network, and sharing printers

Hello to all. Please help me as I'm a newbie on these Mac mini's. I am trying to create a network between the two mini's and I would like to share files between them and be able to print from the upstairs mini to the printers hooked up to the downstairs mini.
Mini 1 (downstairs) has 2 printers attached directly, a HP color laserjet and a Epson 800 Artisan
Mini 2 (upstairs)
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Here is my problem:
on the mini 1, I can print and even access the mini 2 via sharing. I can screen share and view folders that is on the mini 2.
However, from the mini 2 computer, I cannot get the screen share and folder sharing from the mini 1 computer. I show that it is there, but when I try to connect, I get a message that states: CONNECTION FAILED The server may no exist or it is not operation at this time. Check the server name or ip address and your network connection and try again.
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I have done the following: On the mini 1, the printers are marked shared. On both computers the shared folders are marked shared, along with screen sharing. I also added all files on both computers to be shared as to who can read only or read and write.
Also, I have also gone to the 'system' icon and on internet sharing, I have made both computers to be shared, with the appropriate check marks done on the list of services I want shared.
ON both the mini 1 and mini 2 I have set the network to XXXXX Home and it automatically configured and states that my ethernet is connected.
On the downstairs computer, I can see the 'shared computer, and am able to access the files.
BUT on the other computer upstairs, I do see the downstairs computer, but it fails in the connection.
I noticed that the ip address for each computers state the same number, except the last digit is different. xxx.xxx.1.2 for the downstairs mini and xxx.xxx.1.5 for the upstairs mini. The router number and dns server along with the subnet mask are the same numbers between both of the computers.
I am going to set the power settings NOT to sleep when idle so that might help when I am trying to view files on each mini's.
So right now I am stuck with how to make the upstairs mini to print on the downstairs printers, and how to see the downstairs mini on the upstairs mini display.
Any help from anyone is very much appreciated. Sorry this is so long. Thanks in advance!

Mini 1 Allow only essential services
Mini 2 Allow all incoming connections
I changed mini 1 to allow all incoming connections
That did the trick for viewing, now will that help me on my printer issue also? YES! wahoo! Thanks so much, I would have not thought about checking the firewall.
Kudos to you and all your help!

Pages 2.0.2 won't print to shared printer

help! i'm at the end of my rope here.
pages used to print to my shared printer no problem. but since a hard drive failure in my powerbook g4 1.33 it's been no dice.
since getting the hd, everything has been reinstalled: 10.4.8, epson printer drivers, iworks; EVERYTHING. other apps print to the shared printer fine. (the shared printer is on a home network, connected to a mac pro. access via a wireless router (dlink))
i tried resetting the powerbook's PMU/PRAM. still, a popup window says: "error while printing."
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any subsequent try at printing the same file or another file the message pops up immediately with no delay.
what am i missing? is there something on the network side?
i can't think of anything else to check. i've looked at apple support articles till the wee hours of the morning.
can someone offer any suggestions? you would have my undying gratitude!!
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hey folks,
i've used app zapper to delete pages and then re-installed it. same thing happens. no luck.
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if no solution presents itself how would i go about transferring my wife's user profile to another, new profile with out too much headache?
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Windows won't print to shared Lexmark

Hello,
I've read several topics on the issue but none seem to have my specific problem.
Basically I have my Lexmark X1150 attached to my Mac (USB), printer sharing is on, and my Windows XP box has bonjour installed. I've followed all the instructions on setting this up and am pretty confident its all how it should be.
The Windows box sees the printer, and prints to it.
The mac queue accepts the file, starts to spool it, but then suddenly stops. (as though the pause queue button had been pressed.)
If I try to start the queue again the file then disappears and nothing happens.
Suspecting that it was a printer driver issue I tried a few different ones on the Windows box, most won't even allow the file to get to the mac, they just disappear.
The only driver which would at least get the file to the mac queue is the actuall X1150 printer driver, but that's as far as it goes.
Any thoughts? Specifically is there a priter driver I should be using (I've tried the Apple laserwriter drivers, and various Lexmark ones, to no avail.)
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Thanks Greg
Unfortunately doesn't work (yet). It does now say "printer not responding" instead of just stopping, which seems like progress.
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When I went to the files...
/etc/cups/mime.convs and /etc/cups/mime.types
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Printing to Shared Windows HPDJ1220c?

Hello,
I have an HPDJ1220c attached to an old win98 laptop in the basement. I'd like to print to it from my powerbook g4 via the home network. I have sharing set up on the win98 machine and can find & connect to it from the powerbook. However, when I add the printer and look in the list of HP drivers, I can find one for the HP DeskJet 1220c. If I connect my powerbook directly to this printer, it will find the appropriate driver. I'd rather not trek to the basement every time to print, so I can I get this set up correctly?
Thanks,
Jaeson

I have NO experience with Windows98. This "may" be helpful:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/tiger.html
You can't do any network printing with the original driver from HP. It was written in Carbon and is for local connection (but "some" older HPs got a driver with HP appletalk protocol - try that after clicking More Printers in Printer Setup).
Get CUPS drivers (network capable) from:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/macosx/

Printing to shared windows printer - used to work, doesn't now

Once upon a time I was able to print from my powerbook to the HP LaserJet 1300 connected to my father's windows computer. I was wireless and the windows pc is wired to the network. I could see all the computers on the network and i could print and file share "normally."
Last year we made several changes to the network, which should have just simplified it, but now I cannot see the printer or any other computers on the workgroup from my mac. My windows desktop can do it fine (also wired) and my fathers wireless windows laptop can as well. I can connect to file share with my mac if I use the IP of the computer, I can no longer just browse the network like i could before.
I am not sure how to access the shared printer now. I have tried different things over the past year and I am just tired of having to get a USB cable and stand next to the printer with my laptop.
I have tried to just connect using the ip of the computer the printer is shared from but that does not work.
"smb://username:[email protected]/printersharename"
doesn't work.
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Has anyone else encountered this (being able to, then unable)?
Powerbook G4 1.5ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

It sounds like maybe you have a wired router and
added an Airport base (or other wireless router) for
wireless? If I've guessed wrong, please describe your
network and check whether the wired and wireless
computers are in the same subnet (that is, only the
last part of 192.168.1.x can be different, the first
three parts are the same on every computer).
The some of the wired computers go through a switch, but some go straight into the router (because they are closer to the wireless router than to wall jacks). This doesn't seem to affect my ability to see them on the network because I can't see any from my powerbook. Everything is on the same subnet and the only devices are the router and the switch, but I can't see stuff hooked directly to the router either.

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How can I print from my ipad2 to my hp 6210 all in one using printopia? I see my printer on my iPad, I select it and say print and nothing happens. The printer is connected to an older Mac with OS X 10.4.11 but I do have an imac in another room. I have trouble printing from the iMac to this printer also even tho share is on but the printer works fine with the old Mac it's connected to. My iPad has the latest iOS.

A few things to consider.
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Is it possible to network a AIO Printer and use the Scanner and Fax on all computers.

I have a small network on a Peer to Peer. I have a non network printer. HP Deskjet 3050. Currently the printer and applications for Fax and Scan are installed onto two workstations. One computer has the printer directly connected via the USB. This system is sharing the printer on the network as a host.
The other computers are printing from the share without error but I cannot scan or fax with the "client" workstations. I receive an error indicating the printer is not connected. My question is: Is there any possible way to share the Fax/scan feature throughout the entire network?
I thought of purchasing a Network "Print-Server" but have heard they don't work and I need to buy a "Network Printer".
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

I don't think there is such thing as scan sharing in Windows.
Why not just buy a wireless printer? I'd recommend that way more than a wireless print server (which don't support scanning, only printing - as far as I know).
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
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