Mixed Network and Printing

[j70988]

I have a mixerd network in my house. Macs and Windows XP.
I have a Apple Laserwriter 16/600 PS on the network.

I can print to it with the Macs but I am unable to figure
out how to get this to work with the Windows side to see
the printer. All Windows are using WIndows XP Home except
one which is Windows XP Pro.

How do I set this up?

Thanks

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If the Apple Laserwriter is on the network then you should be able to
connect to it using the TCP/IP port....

If it is connected to one of the Apple computers, you can try:

\\Apple\NameofPrinter

(where Apple is the name of the computer to which the printer is connected
and NameofPrinter is the Shared Name of the Printer).

 

[Guest]

I have a mixed network in my house. Macs and Windows XP.
I have a Apple Laserwriter 16/600 PS on the network.

I have the same situation - several Macs (all MacOS X), one Windows XP Pro
SP2 machine, and a Laserwriter 16/600 PS all connected to a local ethernet.
The Macs and the PC all have firewalls turned ON. It took all day (I'm slow),
but I was finally able to get the stupid XP machine to print to the
Laserwriter. [Rant - I spend more time on the care and feeding of that one
Windows machine than I do on the rest of the entire network]

First, add an LPR port (search for LPR under Windows' Help and Support tool
for instructions on how to add the LPR port).

Once the LPR port has been added, use the Add a Printer tool to begin the
process.

Select the local printer option, not the network printer option (which
should really be called a print server connected printer), and create a new
port by selecting the LPR port option from the drop-down menu.

In the resulting dialog box, enter the IP address of the Laserwriter and a
name for the queue (lacking any other guidance at all, I used an underscore
character followed by the IP address of the Laserwriter because that's the
way it appears under MacOS X.

Windows will go off and check the connection before returning you to the
printer driver selection page. There, select Apple and 16/600 PS to get the
right drivers.

Click through the next few pages to accept the settings and accept the
option to print a test page.

If all has gone well, you should finally see the Laserwriter activity light
start to blink and a test page emerge shortly thereafter offering you well
deserved congratulations. Sounds simple doesn't it? I can't tell you how much
time I wasted trying to troubleshoot using the Printing Troubleshooting tool
(did I say that I also not very smart?).

Contrary to the advice I've seen in several discussion groups, I have my
firewall ON; I have not allowed a firewall exception for the LPR port; and
all the advanced settings for my network device are at the default unchecked
state.