Vista - wireless printing Vista to Mac 10.4

11-05-2007

I've got a wireless home network set up and everything works great except
printing.
My Mac and Vista laptop talk to each other fine. But when I go to print from
the Vista laptop (through the wireless network to the Mac where the printer
is connected) nothing happens. The printer queue says it spools without error
but nothing prints and nothing shows up on the Mac printer queue. Sharing is
enabled and I don't what I'm missing. Anyone got any ideas?

11-05-2007

ro wrote:

Quote:

> I've got a wireless home network set up and everything works great except
> printing.
> My Mac and Vista laptop talk to each other fine. But when I go to print from
> the Vista laptop (through the wireless network to the Mac where the printer
> is connected) nothing happens. The printer queue says it spools without error
> but nothing prints and nothing shows up on the Mac printer queue. Sharing is
> enabled and I don't what I'm missing. Anyone got any ideas?

Did you install Vista drivers for that printer on the PC? If not, you
need to do so. Otherwise, see if this Lifehacker.com link helps
(although you probably already are using Samba if sharing files between
the two systems):

http://lifehacker.com/software/step-...mba-310554.php

Or see if anything at this website helps:

http://www.macwindows.com/

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

11-05-2007	#1 (permalink)
ro n/a posts	wireless printing Vista to Mac 10.4 I've got a wireless home network set up and everything works great except printing. My Mac and Vista laptop talk to each other fine. But when I go to print from the Vista laptop (through the wireless network to the Mac where the printer is connected) nothing happens. The printer queue says it spools without error but nothing prints and nothing shows up on the Mac printer queue. Sharing is enabled and I don't what I'm missing. Anyone got any ideas?
My System Specs

11-05-2007	#2 (permalink)
Malke n/a posts	Re: wireless printing Vista to Mac 10.4 ro wrote: Quote: > I've got a wireless home network set up and everything works great except > printing. > My Mac and Vista laptop talk to each other fine. But when I go to print from > the Vista laptop (through the wireless network to the Mac where the printer > is connected) nothing happens. The printer queue says it spools without error > but nothing prints and nothing shows up on the Mac printer queue. Sharing is > enabled and I don't what I'm missing. Anyone got any ideas? Did you install Vista drivers for that printer on the PC? If not, you need to do so. Otherwise, see if this Lifehacker.com link helps (although you probably already are using Samba if sharing files between the two systems): http://lifehacker.com/software/step-...mba-310554.php Or see if anything at this website helps: http://www.macwindows.com/ Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
My System Specs

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