Comments on: Sharing a USB printer from Mac OS X to Windows

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:38:26 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial, I have never done this before so it was super useful. I just have to set up the other PCs to use the printer which will be a doddle now.

A 2007 article still so useful now!

By: Mark D

Mark D — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:35:44 +0000

Superb instruction, saved me loads of headache and time.

Simply a must have bookmark for anyone !

I salute you !!!!

By: Amy Barnes

Amy Barnes — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:08:30 +0000

Thank you very much for this – a headache no more!

By: Ron Sonntag

Ron Sonntag — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:03:01 +0000

Just tried this method with one exception: I did not need to add another printer to the .CUPS configuration. I just used the one that was there and it worked. No bad side effects yet! Thank You.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:54:34 +0000

Thank you for this post has saved me.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:10:35 +0000

Thank you! This was so helpful!

By: hannah

hannah — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:30:11 +0000

After spending days banging my head on my desk I found your website. The whole reason I switched to Mac was because Windows is soo difficult and annoying (my sister hasn’t figured that out yet). Thank you so much for your easy instructions. You’re a lifesaver!

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By: Titus Nachbauer

Titus Nachbauer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:44:01 +0000

Worked great, thanks! Would never have thought of the CUPS admin panel.

Anyway, I found a small shortcut, which might make it easier for some. As soon as I had set up the printer in CUPS, I went on to the Windows XP computer and here I entered “\\the.mac.ip\” after which the autocomplete function offered the printer name. I did not need to enter “…\printers\…”

By: christo

christo — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:43:57 +0000

Almost – just that the printer can’t be reached over the network.

Using Bonjour has managed to find the printer, but I don’t get offered the duplex function. Hmm.

By: Chin

Chin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:27:05 +0000

Wow. Most effective method. Works flawlessly!!!

Great job this!

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By: HP PCs

HP PCs — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:22:18 +0000

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By: Monisha

Monisha — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:27:59 +0000

Thank you so much for this posting!!! After spending an hour searching the internet to find out how to connect, this worked perfectly in minutes.

By: C.Orion

C.Orion — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:19:47 +0000

I am having the same problem as Brian Yeoh. Running OSX 10.5.8. I login to CUPS and supply it with the admin password. Go to add printer, it asks for a name, location, and description. I have tried various names, etc. When I click the continue button it just takes me back to the CUPS administration tab and does not add a new printer.