How to connect to windows printer

ok guys, i finally figured it out!

Here's my setup:

- HP laserjet 3015 connected to a Windows XP PC.
- Powerbook G4 (TIGER 10.4).

All computers are connected wirelessly to a netgear router/access point.

Router is set to assign permanent IP address to my computers as they connect.

both Mac and PC don't have user passwords.


To print from your mac to a printer connected to an XP machine:

First make sure that you properly configure your XP machine.
- enable printer sharing.
- enable UNIX TCP/IP printing service (you can do this by going to add/remove program)
- manually configure your TCP/IP settings. (do not automatically get it from DCHP server). make sure to fill out your ip address, subnet mask, router address, and DNS servers. do this on both your XP and Mac.

After you configure your XP machine and Mac TCP/IP settings, it's time to configure your Mac:
- add windows printer via SAMBA (http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/docs/it/mac_printer.pdf)

type this in the device URL:

smb://guest@yourXPmachineIPaddress/printersharename

yourXPmachineIPaddress - ip address of your XP machine
printersharename - printer share name

Try this! it should work. Good luck!

I just used Bonjour.....

I'm trying to do the same thing. I have a iMac G5 and a Dell. Ther are connected to the internet using an Airport Extreme. The printer (Lexmark Z611) is connect to the Airport via USB. The Mac prints just fine. The Dell isn't communicating to it. I don't know what to do. I tried Bonjour. Didn't work. What else can i do? Thanks.

Make sure you load the lexmark drivers on the PC. On my setup, the PC would not see the printer until I ran the HP printer disc that came with the printer. Once I installed that it worked fine.

I did. It worked fine until i tried to share it with the mac. Now the mac prints and windows doesn't

it has something to do with the printer being connected to the Airport Extreme.

I unplugged the printer USB from the AirPort and just plugged it into the PC. Now the PC prints just fine and the Mac doesn't. I can share files between the two with no problem. I just can't share the printer.