Full Version: sharing printer between pc and MAC
From: logojohn [#1]
20 Jul 2006
To: ALL
We finally got a Konica Minolta 2400 for OEM toner. The asi people have MACS and mostly use adobe. I would like to have them able to print out their own things without having to try and import them into corel on the pc.
I am MAC illiterate. What are the specific menus to look for? The MAC guru just said it couldn't without much thought and the other people don't know that much about it.
From another PC you just find the printer on the network and install it.
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From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#2]
20 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#1] 24 Jul 2006
"Probably hosting the printer from your Windows machine is easiest, but not quite as convenient as you need that machine on all the time in order to print. I haven't ever setup printer sharing from Windows 2000 but in XP under the 'Control Panel' then 'Printers and Faxes' you should be able to right-click on your printer and select 'Sharing' (I'm guessing it will be the same or very similar under 2000). From the Mac go to 'Print & Fax' in the System Preferences click the '+' button to add a printer, click the 'More Printers...' button and select 'Windows Printing'. You should see your shared printer and be able to add it."
And here's a little more detail (see step 6): http://www.cnet.com.au/wireless/0,39028844,40056544,00.htm
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3]
20 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#1] 24 Jul 2006
John,
I haven't tried what you're suggesting, but to the best of my knowledge, Macs are using Postscript fonts and Postscript-compatible printers.
PC's are using True Type fonts.
Brett Halle is our resident Apple guy. He may have the ultimate word on the topic.
EDITED: 20 Jul 2006 by DGL
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4]
20 Jul 2006
To: Brett (BHALLE) [#3] 20 Jul 2006
Any words of wisdom for John?
Thanks,
From: Brett (BHALLE) [#5]
20 Jul 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4] 21 Jul 2006
FYI, Mac OS X can use Postscript (for laser printers, etc.) but it's graphics imaging model is PDF. As far as True Type fonts, Apple invented True Type and licenced it to Microsoft ... True Type fonts are completely interchangable between Windows and Mac OS.
Here's some specific details on sharing a printer with Windows:
How to manually add a Windows shared printer
Open Printer Setup Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities).
Mac OS X 10.4.x users: Choose Add Printer from the Printers menu, then hold the Option key while clicking the "More Printers" button.
Mac OS X 10.3.x users: Hold the Option key down while choosing Add Printer from the Printers menu.
Choose Advanced from the first pop-up menu.
Choose Windows Printer via SAMBA from the Device pop-up menu.
In the Device Name field, type the name you would like to use for this printer in Mac OS X.
In the Device URI field, use one of the following formats to link to the printer:
smb://user:password@workgroup/server/sharename
smb://user:password@server/sharename
smb://workgroup/server/sharename
smb://server/sharename
Notes: "user" is the name of a Windows user who has privileges to use the printer. "password" is the password of that Windows user. "workgroup" is the name of the Windows workgroup to which the computer sharing the printer belongs. "server" is the name of the computer sharing the printer or its IP address. "sharename" is the shared Windows printer's share name.
Tip: You don't need a "workgroup" when specifying the IP address of the computer (such as when the printer is on a different subnet), or if your Mac belongs to the same Windows (SMB) workgroup.
Choose the appropriate PPD or printer driver from the Printer Model pop-up menu.
Click Add.
Hope this helps,
--Brett
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
21 Jul 2006
To: Brett (BHALLE) [#5] 21 Jul 2006
Very informative. :-)
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#7]
21 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#1] 10 Aug 2006
From: logojohn [#8]
21 Jul 2006
To: ALL
Got tied up with jobs and trying to get the new laser exhaust to work so didn't even get the printer hooked up to the pc yet.
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a cheap ethernet print server which has a USB printer port on it
I think we are over taxed already. The network looks like a work from Frankenstein. It started small with a single router with a few computers. Then several times a line off the main one to a new hub was added on the other side of the building. Now there are 4 or 5 hubs and some of them are connected to other sub-hubs with about a dozen total computers. There is an office laser printer that doesn't work with the toner transfer but uses an ethernet connection. And the new laser uses the network ethernet to. The old laser is just a shared printer that works fine that way. I have the sublimation printer and some others shared and there isn't any problem just sharing them the normal way.
From: Gary White (GARYWHITE) [#9]
22 Aug 2006
To: logojohn [#8] 22 Aug 2006
From: logojohn [#10]
22 Aug 2006
To: Gary White (GARYWHITE) [#9] 22 Aug 2006
Got an order for 50 acrylics with a color photo of a building for their opening that I just got started on.
Once I got the pad and paper from Mick, it was pretty easy to get them to come out with a little tweaking and testing for our press.
I tried in on optical crystal. It was much more tempermental, but I finally got it to stay on. But it was easy to scrape off. Don't know if baking would help but likely not.
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