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Printer sharing

by ecvde May 1, 2009 12:01PM PDT

I have a Lexmark Z705 on my iMac,I have an XP PC I would like to set up to share my Lexmark printer.My PC has an Epson Stylus 600 printer,but I'd like to use the Lexmark on both machines.Suggestions or directions greatly appreciated. Van

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Printer Sharing

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator May 1, 2009 10:46PM PDT

Are both the computers the same network?
If so, make sure that both computers have the required Lexmark software(drivers) installed and from the computer that has the Lexmark physically attached, use the Share this Printer function.
Both XP and OS X have this function.

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Bonjour

by onemoremile May 3, 2009 3:32AM PDT

I had success installing Bonjour on the Windows machine and using the included Bonjour Printer Wizard on the Windows computer. Of course, you will want to install the Lexmark driver on the Windows computer. You can read about it and download Bonjour here: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Bonjour_for_Windows
Good luck!

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Sharing Printer

by ecvde May 3, 2009 11:18AM PDT

to: onemoremile
Thanks for the Bonjour tip, that did the trick.Van

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