Comments on: Use your Mac laptop to utilize a Windows printer

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By: linksys

linksys — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:39:58 +0000

Hey!
actually,i have not use mac os but thank for good article forme.
Thank

By: mllegocentas

mllegocentas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:15:28 +0000

It’s me LG again! (read above)
I tried choosing another printer from the Lexmark list. (not my model) I have more progress now, but still no full printing. I now can hear the Lexmark guy saying “Printing started” on the PC and then something clicks on the printer, and the progress bar comes very briefly on the screen, (sounds like it will start printing) but it seems to cut out after that. The paper doesn’t feed or print. So, the good news is something is going through the wireless network, but obviously something is blocking the entire job.
If anyone has any suggestions I’d be OH SO grateful! I went so far as to try EVERY printer on the Lexmark list to see if it’d work and none of them did! :( Is it possible that there’s something on my PC blocking the connection?
In hopes someone reads this and can respond. I’m getting very frustrated!!!
Thanks!
LG

By: mllegocentas

mllegocentas — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:37:23 +0000

Great step by step instructions, so easy to follow. I got all the way through and I can’t print! I did the steps twice to make sure I didn’t miss anything, but no change. I keep getting the error message : “There is a problem communicating with the printer. Make sure the printer is powered on and connected to the computer. Please cancel or stop job and try again. Make sure your printer is connected to your USB port.”
I set it up as you said above, (wireless) so I’m wondering why it’s asking me to connect it via USB. I have a Lexmark P6250 connected to my Windows XP and I’m using a Trendnet TEW-432BRP router for my network.
Do I need some kind of wireless driver for my printer maybe? (It’s about 3 years old)…
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!
LG

By: picklesinmyears

picklesinmyears — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:36:08 +0000

Thanks for all of the information. Your instructions are the simplest I have seen and got me the closest to printing from my Mac. However, I am still having a problem. When i send a job, I see it in the Windows Queue. It processes and appears to complete. But, the printer remains silent. I have no idea why. No error. Nothing. I fall on your mercy for help.

By: jorjamore

jorjamore — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:16:06 +0000

Hi Eric – thanks VERY much for your clear and straightforward tutorial. I’d been combing the Web for weeks and banging my head on my desk – I even tried (and failed) to set up a standalone print server. Ugh.

rperkins – I also had problems finding my TCP/IP Print Server. I had to install the additional Windows components before I could move on. I’m not a WinXP expert, but I added the following Networking Services.

- (Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components)

- select “Networking Services”

- select “Simple TCP/IP Services”

- (just to be sure, I added “Peer-to-Peer” and “UPnP User Interface” – but suspect this step is irrelevant)

Once I finished the process – which involved installing files from the original WinXP CD *and* WinXP Service Pack 2 – the TCP/IP Print Server appeared and was ready to enable. The rest of Eric’s tutorial went like clockwork.

(I had also been worried about using the CUPS Web interface, but didn’t have any problems logging in with my Mac OS username and password.)

Hope this helps. Eric, thanks again for the great work.