Trying to share a printer

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Here's the deal:

I have a IBook G4 and a Dell desktop, and a Dell notebook. I have networked all files and we can access each other just fine. I have a printer (HP Photosmart 6280) that i have installed on the Dell desktop. I shared it and i can printer wirelessly from the Dell notebook just fine. So now i'm trying to setup the IBook G4 to print.

Here's what i did thus far:

I went to printer setup utility>add printer>more printers. Then i changed it to Windows printing, then i clicked on my network name and computer name. Then i clicked on the printer. I changed the Printer Model from generic to HP. then chose the photosmart 6200 series as model name. (there isn't a gimp driver for this. I don't know if that is useful information or not). Anyway then i clicked on add.

So now when i try to print a document, it goes through, I see it go through to the desktop. If i go to printers in Windows, there is a 0 there letting you know that there isn't a job being printed. When i print from the mac it changes to a 1 briefly and then back to zero. The mac says it printed successfully but the HP printer doesn't spit anything out.

Any ideas??

thanks for the advice/help
 
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i appreciate that walkthrough, but is there not an easier way to print. This is a brand new printer, and i would think there is a simple step to get this to work. That walkthrough has alot of configuring.

I will give that walkthrough a shot if there isn't another way. So i'm hoping there is another way ;-)
 
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Did you not find an easier method in the second link?

I personally share my printer by plugging the printer into the USB port on my router. Easiest way by far.
 

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