That will certainly work for sharing to other Windows computers, but sharing a printer in this way to a Mac isn't so easy. A big issue is the printer drivers. Your printer simply doesn't have Mac printer drivers. In addition, Apple in their infinite wisdom actually removed printer sharing capability when they came out with OS X. They seem to figure that if you are printing to an inkjet that it will only be attached to that Mac. Their only network printing option to my knowledge is to a postscript printer. You _can_ trick Windows into sharing the printer as an emulated postscript printer. It's not really fun, but here's how:
http://iharder.sourceforge.net/macosx/winmacprinter/ -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless Network Hardware suggestions/comments/discussion. > > > I figured that I could share it through the computer it's currently > connected to...just means that computer actually needs to be on, when > printing needs to be done. Just thought it would be cool that the printer > was directly connected to the network, then it would always be > available as > long is it, itself was on. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless Network Hardware suggestions/comments/discussion. > > > Well there is a D-Link that doubles as a print server, or you can make it > available as a network printer when it's attached to one of the machines. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:49 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless Network Hardware suggestions/comments/discussion. > > > Secondary Question: > > With all this talk and suggestion's about using a stand alone wireless > router, with both my existing computer and my wife's yet to be > purchased lap > top connecting to it, I was wondering about the printer. Anybody > know if an > HP Office Jet V40 4-in-1 would connect directly to any of these > routers as a > "network" printer, and thus be available to all (two) users? > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
