Q: There is this laser printer attached to this computer now . I have this computer and printer sharing, but the damn mac AppleShare this crap and will not allow me to the IP address of this computer to give this computer to see and printer.
all I want to do for that mac to print to this printer (connected to this computer, which is a Dell PC)
ive already installed drivers and software on the mac . operating system Mac OS 9.2
help! .
Best Answer: Wireless printing isn't a mac strong point. I had much trouble setting up my Canon printer to print wirelessly but I managed it in the end.
So you said that you input the wi-fi options on the printer, did it ask for a WEP code when you did it? Has it told you that you are connected to the internet? When setting it up, if you have a coded wi-fi network you'll have to put in the code under WEP settings. If you are sue that it is connected to your network, then go back to your system preferences on your mac.
When you press the + button, it might come up with maybe an option that says "kodak…" and under the type it'll say "Bonjour Scanner". If this is the printer you added, it is wrong. It will not work. You will have to wait a couple of minutes. After around fifteen seconds or so, either another printer should appear that says something like this "Kodak ESP-7 00.85.25.64.58.69.35.45" or some long number. If so, add this. If not, a button at the bottom should have appeared that says "More Printers" Click this and then wait a few seconds and then there should be something like "Koadak ESP-7 00.85.25.64.58.69.35.45" It should say it is on some kind of Kodak network.
I hope that helps cos that is what I had to do, and I hope this doesn't sour yours or your parters opinion of macs. 
PC Tuneup Maestro
Re:hmm interesting guy…i'll try messing around w/ that prog…..
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Re:You don't have your OS posted, so this may not apply.
In win2k/XP you can install apple talk. I'm not sure if this is only to help the windows system see a mac network, or if it would also help to get the mac to see the windows computer.
Could you switch the printer to the mac and get the windows machine to print to it?
Anyone?
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Re:some dumb@$$ last year used a router and allowed for a virus to go into the memory, apparently that "IT" dude didn't know how to clear the memory of the router, so the virus existed in the memory..ruining every computer he used it on….ever since then, the head of the biulding and the stupid netops here said that we can never use routers……so stupid!!!!!
anyways, there is software available for this printer, but the computer it's hooked up to is of course..not appletalk…
thanks for you suggestions guys! …if u guys find out any other way to do this, let me know….if not, this bad news will go to my supervisor..hehehehe
Advanced PC Optimizer
Re:hi,
The router needs to support AppleTalk or no go. I tried this at work and thought, what the, you see my network printer supports AppleTalk. Then I realise my router dosent.
that's true. my smc 7004awbr claims to support printing from macs in the manual, as do others. i've never tried it myself though.
PC Speed Doctor
Re:The router needs to support AppleTalk or no go. I tried this at work and thought, what the, you see my network printer supports AppleTalk. Then I realise my router dosent.
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Re:In my case, we also tried a printserver with appletalk enabled, and all it would print was junk because the printer wasn't MAC ready.
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Re:hi,
with routers so cheap now, you could get one with a printer port and print to it through appletalk(ethertalk). this would also make it available for printing when the pc was off.
just a suggestion.
good luck,
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Re:Even if you can overcome the problems of sharing the printer, if the printer your using isn't made for MAC printing, your probably not going to have much luck. I tried to get my brothers G4 to print to a 5L and 6P and after much work, it came down to the fact that neither printer has a driver in the MAC OS. We needed to find a MAC compatible HP laser printer. This is designated by an "M", like a 4ML or 6MP. Hopefully some one knows a way to do it, but we didn't find it.
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