Sharing a Windows Printer

I am trying to setup a Canon PIXMA 5200 printer. The printer is attached by USB to a Windows PC. I can access the network and see the printer, but the printer model does not appear on the drop down menu. If I install the printer to the Mac by USB cable, then the correct driver is used and the printer functions normally.
How can I use this printer when it's installed on the Windows based PC?
Thanks in advance.

Glad to be of some help. This bug does smack of Windows XP. Maybe I'm biased.
Mark, thanks for your info. I have been printing
just fine for many version of MAC OS X with my
printer shared name of "Epson Photo 900". I do not
print very often from my MAC but when I want to, it
is great to have.
Anyway, yesterday i went to print, and my XP printer
did not show up. After searching the forum, i came
accross your post, and changed the name to one word
title Epson_900, and like magic it showed up. Wonder
whose bug this one is, MACs or XPs?
Anyway thanks again,
Bob

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I am having a great deal of dificulty setting up my MacBook to print to my shared windows printer. I have tried doing some reasearch on the web and have found a number of difierent atricles and I still could not get it to work.
I have also called apple support and they "can't" help because they think it's not an Apple issue. I'm not convinced.
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Is your 'Brother' brand printer, compatible for BOTH Mac and PC? if so, it should/may have come with driver/installation software for both, (on opening the file, are thier/appear to be 2 set's of driver/instruction files).
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The exception, I had to download new drivers for this to work w/ Win..ws XP with Service Pack 2, (it came with Mac drivers, and PC, but only for Win..ws XP, not Win..ws XP w/ Service Pack 2, hope this helps, and will watcgh for repost. GS
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Carlito5 wrote:
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Thank you

Hello Joe,
I failed the login “connection to server with username and password not possible - Failure 256”
Some cures here...
http://archive.macfixitforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/691131/site _id/1#import
One more way to overcome stubborn printing to a Windows® printer from a Mac...
http://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/winmacprinter/
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iFelix...
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3020.html
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/windowsxp.html
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