Re: Networking Vista & Mac OS X

OmegaCottage wrote:
>
> I hope the people who posted the various bits I have drawn together
> here don't mind me repeating them but I couldn't find another post that
> brought all these techniques together in one place.
>
> Once I had gone through all the processes I have listed above, all the
> computers on my network could share files. Now all I need is for someone
> to write a similar post about sharing printers on a mixed network

How you set up the shared printers depends on how the printer
installation software is written. If the printers are connected locally
to a computer, share them out on that computer. Then install the driver
software on all the other computers. Make sure you get drivers specific
to the operating systems being run.

In Windows, some printers will be found during the installation routine.
With other printers, you install the drivers and then use the Add
Printer Wizard from the Printers Control Panel applet. If the printers
are true network (TCP/IP) printers, then the same advice applies. If you
must use the Add Printer Wizard, choose Local Printer>Create a new
port>TCP/IP. Follow the TCP/IP Wizard. After the TCP/IP Wizard runs,
you'll be brought back to the regular Add Printer Wizard where you can
choose the correct make/model printer to install the drivers.


Malke
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