sharing a printer (it's on a PC with win 98)

torndownunit · 02-03-2003, 03:12 PM

There is a PC in the house with an Epson 820 printer hooked up to it. The PC is running windows 98. My Mac is running 10.2.3, Is there a way I can print from my Mac to this printer?

(moving the printer to the Mac is not an option)

I have tried to find articles on printer and file sharing, but they all only seem to discuss Win 2k or higher.

Can someone tell me if there is a way to do this, or point me to some articles that might help.

Thanks

brmic · 02-03-2003, 05:20 PM

check out this hint
http://www.macosxhints.com./article....20824202229751
and this one
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=2464

just link the two computers, get a printer description file for the epson(in case it is not included with the OSX install you might try
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3

option-click add printer and add a smb printer. should be no problem really, i got a Texas Instruments printer from 94 on a win98 machine to work. (You might have to experiment with printer addresses a little though, and make sure the comps can see each other and that the printer is shared)

torndownunit · 02-03-2003, 07:00 PM

Thanks for the tips. I am gonna try it tonight.

g4macuser · 07-13-2005, 10:28 PM

did you have any luck with this?

02-03-2003, 03:12 PM	#1
torndownunit Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 59	sharing a printer (it's on a PC with win 98) There is a PC in the house with an Epson 820 printer hooked up to it. The PC is running windows 98. My Mac is running 10.2.3, Is there a way I can print from my Mac to this printer? (moving the printer to the Mac is not an option) I have tried to find articles on printer and file sharing, but they all only seem to discuss Win 2k or higher. Can someone tell me if there is a way to do this, or point me to some articles that might help. Thanks __________________ http://www.berzerker.net/torndownunits Punk Rock n' Roll

02-03-2003, 07:00 PM	#3
torndownunit Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 59	Thanks for the tips. I am gonna try it tonight. __________________ http://www.berzerker.net/torndownunits Punk Rock n' Roll

07-13-2005, 10:28 PM	#4
g4macuser Major Leaguer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 393	did you have any luck with this? __________________ Quicksilver G4/933, 1.5GB RAM, 10.5.x, Graphite AGP G4/450 640GB RAM, 10.4.x MacBook Pro Core 2 Dual/2.33, 2GB RAM, 10.5.x, MacBook Core 2 Dual/2.16, 1GB RAM, 10.5.x

02-03-2003, 05:20 PM	#2
brmic Triple-A Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: germany Posts: 178	check out this hint http://www.macosxhints.com./article....20824202229751 and this one http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=2464 just link the two computers, get a printer description file for the epson(in case it is not included with the OSX install you might try http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3 option-click add printer and add a smb printer. should be no problem really, i got a Texas Instruments printer from 94 on a win98 machine to work. (You might have to experiment with printer addresses a little though, and make sure the comps can see each other and that the printer is shared)