Printing from my MacBook Pro on my Windows 7 printer.

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Printing from my MacBook Pro on my Windows 7 printer.

Until 2 weeks ago I had no issues. I had a Windows XP box with a local Epson printer. From my MacBookPro, I was able to print wirelessly to that printer directly. All I did was select it from my list of printers and off I went.

My XP box died. I replaced it with a Windows 7 box.

I am now trying to set up the printers again on the MacBookPRo to see the Epson that is now local to the Windows 7 box. When I tell my MacBook to look for printers, I can see the Windows 7 box, but before I can see the attached printer, it asks me for a Windows print server Username and Password. I don't have a U/N or P/W for a print server!

How do I get around this? Is this on the Mac side or the Windows side? Where is that request coming from, considering there is no passworded print server running?

I am running Snow Leopard and all updates have been applied.

Any help you can provide to get this running would be extremely appreciated!

Thanks... Paul

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 24, 2011 4:52 AM

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Answer 1

PAHU

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Mar 24, 2011 3:32 PM in response to Paul_Simon

The password being requested is the Windows 7 user name and password. So just enter these details on the Mac when prompted.

If you want to avoid having to use this account you could enable the Guest account on Windows 7 and then select this on Mac.

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Paul_Simon Author

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Mar 24, 2011 5:34 PM in response to PAHU

My PC username and password is not what it is looking for. I have tried that! Since the PC is only a couple of days old, I can assure you I am the only user and have only set up one user.

The printer is marked as "SHARE" as far as my PC is concerned.

So.... any other ideas?

All ideas greatly appreciated!

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PAHU

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Mar 24, 2011 5:45 PM in response to Paul_Simon

Paul_Simon wrote:
My PC username and password is not what it is looking for. I have tried that! Since the PC is only a couple of days old, I can assure you I am the only user and have only set up one user.

It is what it is looking for. There is no other account. But there are other settings in Win7 that can impact your entry of this user information.

Under Control Panel > Network and Internet is the 'Homegroup and sharing options'. Open then and then select the 'Advanced sharing settings'. Select your profile (it should be home/work, public has many lockout settings enabled) and turn off password protected sharing. Then try the password entry on the Mac again.

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Paul_Simon Author

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Mar 24, 2011 7:32 PM in response to PAHU

Thank you so much for your time and patience.... I certainly appreciate it.

I found where you referenced.... Password Protected Sharing was already set to OFF!

I tried turning it back on and then off again to try to reset whatever it was effecting. It didn't help. When I went back to my MBP it still asks for my u/n and p/w, and when I supplied it, I was still being ignored!

Very frustrating.

What else could it be?

Again, thanks for all your help!

---Paul

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Answer 5

PAHU

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Mar 26, 2011 1:17 AM in response to Paul_Simon

Try enabling the Guest account as I mentioned and then when prompted on the Mac, select the Guest account.

Try also connecting to a folder in your Users directory. For example, open Finder and select Go > Connect to Server. Then type smb://computer name/Users/UserName/Desktop or even smb://computer_name/C$. You should then get prompted for your user account details. Enter what you believe is correct and see if this connects for you. If it does then at least you know what you have been using is working from the Mac.

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