Mac Stuff

This information was excerpted from a longer posting on Macosxhints.com. Following the instructions below will allow you to print from a Windows PC to a printer shared off a Macintosh.

The post in question is here.

The configuration on the Mac is as follows:

1. Turn on Printer Sharing in System Preferences.
2. Open port 631 on your firewall
3. Open a web browser on the Mac and enter “127.0.0.1:631″
4. This takes you to the CUPS printer page
5. Make a NEW printer and give it a short name with NO Spaces. No longer then 12 characters or Windows will not be able to see it.
* ex. macprint
6. This printer is in addition to the one you already have installed on your Mac.
7. Tell CUPS where the printer is but set it up as “raw”.

This next part may not be needed but it was for me:

1. Open Terminal on the Mac.
2. Edit the following two files:

* /etc/cups/mime.types
* /etc/cups/mime.convs

* You’ll need to uncomment (remove the # from in front of the line) the following lines:

/etc/cups/mime.types:
#application/octet-stream

/etc/cups/mime.convs:
#application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0

3. Then either restart the CUPS daemon or simply restart your Mac.

Now, go to the Windows machine and do the following:

1. Choose “Add a Printer”.
2. Select “Network Printer”
3. In the next window select “Connect to a printer on the internet or home or office network”. In the box below that enter:

http://your.mac.IP:631/printers/nameofprinter

ex. http://192.168.1.15/printers/macprint

4. Then install the appropriate driver for your printer.

You should now be able to print to the shared printer on your Mac from your PC

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