Printing to my mac nad trying to print from vista

09-22-2010 06:49 PM
hi can some help me.
i have recently bought an intel mac and i have connected my HP C4180 this works ok.
i have also a laptop running windows vista
What i am having problems with is getting the laptop to print via the mac. the network is on a belkin router . i have managed to get a printer queue on the laptop but it comes up with error

This is not impossible but very difficult, involved and becomes unreliable with each system's update.
Are you very knowledgeable with the two operating systems, networking and device sharing? If not, just buy another printer and save yourself a lot of grief.
An even better idea is to get a $100 wireless printer, connect it wirelessly to your router and have both computers use it (including scanning function - sharing a printer like you are trying to do will only share the print function).
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