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Q: How to print on Windows Shared Printer

As I search in Google I found that there are many question about hot to print on windows shared printers. This is the way....

 

Before you add your windows shared printers in you Mac, sometimes you can not find your printer driver. The only way is directly connect your windows shared printers to you Mac, and connect your Mac to internet. After that your mac will automatically download printer driver. Now you have to add windows shared printers to your mac (this is part is easy..I'm not going to explain this...), and after you select the right driver you still can NOT print to windows shared printers ? You already have user & password for PC that connected to the windows shared printers...but nothing happened in your printer...

Soooo.....

 

All you have to do is :

 

1. Go to system pref on mac

2. Click on sharing - thick on "file sharing"

3. Go to "option" and then thick on "share files & folders using AFP" & thick on "share files & folders using SMB (windows)"

4. Dont forget to thick on you account name below...

5. You're good to go...

6. Please note that you have to know the PC Windows user & password that connected to the shared printer.

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 10, 2013 1:34 AM

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  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU Jul 10, 2013 3:39 AM in response to Bismo Prayoga
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    Jul 10, 2013 3:39 AM in response to Bismo Prayoga

    You can still print to a Windows shared printer with File Sharing on the Mac disabled. So your 6 steps are not required. When you connect to the Windows computer sharing the printer, you will be prompted to authenticate. At this stage you need to enter a Windows user account with password. If you select to save this information in the Mac keychain, you wont need to input these credentials when you try to print.

  • by Bismo Prayoga,

    Bismo Prayoga Bismo Prayoga Jul 10, 2013 6:53 PM in response to Bismo Prayoga
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    Jul 10, 2013 6:53 PM in response to Bismo Prayoga

    Thank you PAHU for your respon. In my case, I already update my Mac to 10.8.4 and I already fill in user & password when my Mac ask for authentication. You know what? In my Windows PC there is a printer job queing, and  its moving up from 0 Kb to the finish....but nothing happened in my printer, not a blink not a move...nothing....and when I'm asking in a mac milist, yes this problems is there....many people admit it. But nyway thanks for the respon meaby this morning I'll try to turn it off and see if my Mac can print on windows shared printer or not I'll let you know. By the way my PC use XP & my printer is Epson R230x (support for Mac of course)

  • by greg sahli,

    greg sahli greg sahli Jul 10, 2013 10:05 PM in response to Bismo Prayoga
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    Jul 10, 2013 10:05 PM in response to Bismo Prayoga

    Don't know if PAHU will get back to you right away, so I'll help.

    The issue you are having is a driver issue, on the Mac. The Epson R230 is a USB-only printer. The driver provided to Apple for that printer is also a USB-only (also works with Bonjour) driver. You will have to use a Gutenprint driver (which can print via Samba) for it to work.

    http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU Jul 10, 2013 10:56 PM in response to greg sahli
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    Jul 10, 2013 10:56 PM in response to greg sahli

    Thanks Greg.

  • by Bismo Prayoga,

    Bismo Prayoga Bismo Prayoga Jul 12, 2013 12:47 AM in response to greg sahli
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    Jul 12, 2013 12:47 AM in response to greg sahli

    Hello Greg & Hello PAHU...

    Yesterday everything is fine for printing to windows shared printer. But after I update my XP, problems came up again....

    And thanks to your link Greg, you are absolutly right about the driver...the problem is the driver...

    And your link is solving  my problem (until know....) and you are right too PAHU, without thicking File Sharing feature in my Mac, I still can printing with windows shared printer...

    And with this reply I admitted that my information above maybe wrong, and the real solver to my problem is to install gutten-print driver :http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

     

    Thanks guys you're the best...now I live happily with my MBA

  • by PAHU,

    PAHU PAHU Jul 12, 2013 1:08 AM in response to Bismo Prayoga
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    Jul 12, 2013 1:08 AM in response to Bismo Prayoga

    Good to read that you got it all working.