Here's some instructions that are actually a little easier: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021230045509864
Still not plug and play though. And I'm not sure if a router with a print server would make this work for Mac or not. My guess says no. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless Network Hardware suggestions/comments/discussion. > > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
