Sharing a printer with the MAC and my PC?

I have a great HP LaserJet printer that I use with my PC. However, I want to use it with my MAC too--have it hooked up to both. Can I do that and if so, how?
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Hi
If its connected to your PC then simply share it. Make sure there is an OSX compatible driver for the printer. Install it on your mac first (you may have to go to the HP website for it) then add the shared printer via System Preferences > Printers & Fax. Click the + icon and choose from the options listed at the top of the window. You will probably have to supply the user name and password of the main account that exists on the PC.
You don't say which HP printer you have however if there is no specific OSX Driver for that printer (and sometimes there aren't) you may be able to get away with using a CUPS driver instead. Although this is not ideal. Its possible that you won't be able to use the printer at all because there is no driver support for OSX in which case you are probably looking at either getting another printer that is compatible with both or a separate one for the mac itself.
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