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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 390752" data-attributes="member: 24098">That's likely because Windows handles port redirection a lot better than the Mac does (IMO).&nbsp; Basically, the Windows printer API lets the operating system handle how the printer interacts with the interface.&nbsp; From what I understand of the Mac, most of the time, the driver is written specifically to work with a particular interface (most commonly USB).&nbsp; So when you try to force it to use a network port instead of a physical USB port, it just doesn't work.&nbsp; The Gutenprint drivers are different because they use an entirely different subsystem for printer handling.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Gutenprint doesn't have drivers for most of the modern printers out there.&nbsp; PrintFab does, but it's pricey.&nbsp; If you share the printer from your Mac instead, you'll find it's a lot easier to get a Windows printer driver to cope with printing on a network port.I do hope that Apple addresses this at some point, but it seems unlikely given that most of the commercial printer drivers would need to be overhauled to work with a different printing subsystem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 390752, member: 24098"] That's likely because Windows handles port redirection a lot better than the Mac does (IMO). Basically, the Windows printer API lets the operating system handle how the printer interacts with the interface. From what I understand of the Mac, most of the time, the driver is written specifically to work with a particular interface (most commonly USB). So when you try to force it to use a network port instead of a physical USB port, it just doesn't work. The Gutenprint drivers are different because they use an entirely different subsystem for printer handling. Unfortunately, Gutenprint doesn't have drivers for most of the modern printers out there. PrintFab does, but it's pricey. If you share the printer from your Mac instead, you'll find it's a lot easier to get a Windows printer driver to cope with printing on a network port. I do hope that Apple addresses this at some point, but it seems unlikely given that most of the commercial printer drivers would need to be overhauled to work with a different printing subsystem. [/QUOTE]

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