Wireless Printing To A Windows Computer

Hello I have 2 windows pcs with a usb switch to switch my printer between the two, without having to use a print server. The 2 machines are connected to my home network with a linksys wireless router. I just got a new Macbook and i can't figure out how to print from it on my wireless network. Is there any way to do this?
Btw I'm not a mac noob i had an ibook g4 before this and have had many a mac.

If the printer has no wireless function of its own, then you will have to connect to the printer share on the Windows box. Now, since you are switching between the printer between two PCs, you will need to have two printer queues on your Mac, one for each Windows printer share. Or, if you only want one PC to share the printer, then you will have to remember to switch the printer to shared PC (unless the USB switch has built-in smarts that lets it change automatically).
Once you have created the printer share (make sure the name is short and without spaces) on the Windows computer, you should be able to open System Preferences > Print & Fax and click the + to add a printer queue. Then select the Windows icon to display the Windows share. Generally you will share the Workgroup name in the first pane and selecting this will show the computers in that workgroup. After selecting the PC sharing the printer, you may have to authenticate using your Windows account to see the printer share.
When you see the printer share and select it, the Mac will look for a printer driver. Now for a number of machines, the vendor supplied driver will not work with this type of connection, so you will have to look at using a compatible driver like those supplied by Gutenprint. If your printer is newish, then you may have to download the latest version of Gutenprint to get support for your model.
HTH
PaHu

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