PRINTING FROM XP TO MY IMAC-DRIVERS

Hi. After a lot of grunt work I have a network going in my home between my Imac and my PC operating XP pro. When I print from the PC to a printer attatched to my mac-a Canon MP460- it works but only when I use an apple laser driver(read that on the net-the proper driver does not work) the problem is now that only the color cartridge is accessed for b & W so the print is very light. Does anyone know another driver that will work better? After all this the thought of trying every single driver on the long list until one works better is pretty daunting. Thanks.
Jeff

I just wrote this yesterday:
HOWTO Add a raw printer queue in OS X
1. Edit the files /etc/cups/mime.convs and /etc/cups/mime.types so that the line in each that starts with:
#application/octet-stream
gets the beginning "#" removed (which means you have uncommented it).
I would use the freeware Text Wrangler and its menu item File>Open Hidden to edit these files.
2. Make sure the printer is on and connected by USB.
Go to Printer Setup Utility. Click Add, then note how the printer is identified next to the comm protocol, USB. In my case it is "Stylus Photo R200." Cancel and close Printer Setup.
Under the Apple menu, open About this Mac and click More Info to get System Profiler open. Click on Hardware>USB. Under USB BUS, click on USB Printer. We will need two pieces of info from this, so keep it open in the background.
3. Open a web browser (Safari, Firefox, etc). Enter this URL, which is the local admin web server for CUPS on your computer:
http://localhost:631/
Click Do Administration Tasks. When it asks for authentication enter either your regular admin user/password, or, root and root's password. (Different computers are set up differently for this)
4. Click Add Printer. Enter a helpful name, like R200_RAW (for my Epson R200). If you like, enter abbreviated location and description. Continue. Select USB Printer, not the specific model. Continue. Now we need the info from System Profiler. Make the URI like this:
usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R200?serial=MO7P104xxxxxxxx40
components of the above:
usb:// -- using the CUPS built-in USB backend driver
EPSON -- exactly as spelled (all-caps in my case) in System Profiler
Stylus%20Photo%20R200 -- as the name shows up in Printer Setup, but spaces are replaced with %20 (ascii substitute for space)
?serial=MO7P104xxxxxxxxx40 -- get the serial number from System Profiler.
5. Continue. Select Raw. Continue. Select Raw Queue (en). Continue. Done. Now try it from another computer.

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