Printing to a windows shared printer

iskihood · iskihood #1 (**permalink**)

10-03-2009, 06:44 PM

Ok here is the situation. I have a Canon PIXXMA mx330 printer hooked up to my desktop through usb. That machine is running windows xp media center. I can print perfectly from that machine. I have shared the printer on the network. I am trying print to this printer from my new macbook pro 13 inch. So i went into the printer & fax settings on the mac, clicked add new printer, clicked windows, workgroup, family, and then my printer name (CanonMX3). I then found the driver in the list (canon 330 series) and finally clicked add. So it appears to be connected. Whenever i try to print something to this printer from the mac nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

cwa107 · cwa107 #2 (**permalink**)

10-03-2009, 08:06 PM

Try physically connecting the printer first (via USB) and then later connecting to it over the network. That usually does the trick for me.

iskihood · iskihood #3 (**permalink**)

10-03-2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwa107

Try physically connecting the printer first (via USB) and then later connecting to it over the network. That usually does the trick for me.

I tried this but i had no luck with it.

Any other suggestions?

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iskihood #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 11	10-03-2009, 06:44 PM Ok here is the situation. I have a Canon PIXXMA mx330 printer hooked up to my desktop through usb. That machine is running windows xp media center. I can print perfectly from that machine. I have shared the printer on the network. I am trying print to this printer from my new macbook pro 13 inch. So i went into the printer & fax settings on the mac, clicked add new printer, clicked windows, workgroup, family, and then my printer name (CanonMX3). I then found the driver in the list (canon 330 series) and finally clicked add. So it appears to be connected. Whenever i try to print something to this printer from the mac nothing happens. what am i doing wrong? PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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