Wireless network printer how?

Question

There are six computers, five of which are laptops, in this house, only one of which is an Apple, mine. All of the other computers are connected via a wireless peer-to-peer network to a desktop PC (read: mini server), through which we run the printer. My question is this: is it possible for me to connect my Apple to the printer through this wireless network? I have wireless capabilities on this computer, I just don't know if I am allowed to connect it to the PCs.
I have an Apple iBook 2001 Dual USB with OS X 10.3.9, the server PC (a Dell) is running Windows XP Home Media Center Edition. The printer is a Lexmark...something-or-other laser thingamajig (is that even important? If it is I can find out what it is exactly)

Answer 1

Yes, provided you can establish a wireless connection to the server computer. However, the version of OS X you are using does not always play well with PC networks. To print will require a compatible printer driver for your Mac which you most likely will need to download from Lexmark.
The following may help:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/19/mac_pc.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=54704
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/network/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1161.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1163.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107369
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461
iFelix Technical Support Pages
Here are some other references that may help:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040726234611279
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19652
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107096
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301580
Connecting to Windows shares - fix Several users have been receiving the message "The Alias YOURSERVER could not be opened because the original item cannot be found" when trying to connect from a Mac running running Mac OS X 10.3.3 to Windows systems via the Finder.
MacFixIt reader Peter Monahan has found what appears to be a fix:
"Your Windows XP or Windows 2000 Computer must have at least One Shared Folder. Sharing only the Drive is not adequate in 10.3.3 If you do not have a shared folder (directory) then you will receive the "original item cannot be found" error when you attempt to connect from a Mac.
• Create a shared folder and double-check the Windows security privileges.
• If you want to share an entire Drive on a Windows XP or 2000 Computer, the share name must be Eight Characters or less (i.e. C_PETER or C_DRIVE) or you will not be able to view it or select it from the Finder drop down menu.
"In some cases you may need to delete the Windows Share and then establish a new share if you connect but can't see the contents of a drive. Once done and if you still have connectivity problems, either Restart the MAC, or delete the cached information by using the finder and selecting GO>>FOLDER and then type /var and hit enter. Then look in the "automount" folder and delete the folder called "network".
"Aliases now work as a result. Username and Password are now stored in Keychain. We can connect from finder in 10.3.3 to Windows Computers (as long as there is at least one shared folder). We can select aliases to load at start-up under System Preferences>>Accounts."
Also check out the site http://www.macwindows.com/ and http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/ for more information.