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vank66

 
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I have a Lexmark Z705 printer on my iMac,I'd like to share it with my XP machine.I'm trying to use Bonjour for Windows but it does not recognize the
Lexmark printer-any suggestions greatfully received. Thanks Van
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enable printer sharing on your mac first and then install bonjour on windows. it should find the printer now.
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vank66

 
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MDavid,
Thanks for the tip, it worked ,My problem was I didn't select the generic
driver, I used the Lexmark driver,it should have worked but the generic
selection did the trick. Much appreciated. Van
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I have a Lexmark Z705 as my printer on my iMac, and I'd like to share it with a
HP Pavilion a210n PC running XP. Any help or suggestions welcome. Thanks Van
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Tried Bonjour, it doesn't find the Lexmark printer.
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