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Macbook Pro to a Printer on XP?
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<blockquote data-quote="joplus" data-source="post: 1251651" data-attributes="member: 204392"><p>I spent a good chunk of yesterday on a similar issue...there is an <strong>Advanced</strong> button available the <strong>Add Printer</strong> dialog, but for some reason this is hidden by default (why?). You have to right-click in the top part of that dialog and choose Customize Toolbar... and then drag the Advanced icon to the toolbar. That icon will give you the option to add lots of different kinds of printers, including one that's hardwired to a Windows machine.</p><p></p><p>I don't know why the Advanced button is not there to begin with, and why getting to it is sort of unintuitive - is this typical of the Mac OS? I ask with all due respect, of course. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway, google got me to that point, and then I was able to add the Windows-machine printer. But I couldn't authenticate using smb protocol, so another google search suggested using lpd protocol. Finally I can print from this otherwise-awesome macbook pro! Thank heavens for google, and for this forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joplus, post: 1251651, member: 204392"] I spent a good chunk of yesterday on a similar issue...there is an [B]Advanced[/B] button available the [B]Add Printer[/B] dialog, but for some reason this is hidden by default (why?). You have to right-click in the top part of that dialog and choose Customize Toolbar... and then drag the Advanced icon to the toolbar. That icon will give you the option to add lots of different kinds of printers, including one that's hardwired to a Windows machine. I don't know why the Advanced button is not there to begin with, and why getting to it is sort of unintuitive - is this typical of the Mac OS? I ask with all due respect, of course. :) Anyway, google got me to that point, and then I was able to add the Windows-machine printer. But I couldn't authenticate using smb protocol, so another google search suggested using lpd protocol. Finally I can print from this otherwise-awesome macbook pro! Thank heavens for google, and for this forum. [/QUOTE]
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