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carneyman · November 14, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

pennzoil29 · November 15, 2008

bump,

just in case he didn't see it Eric

longhorn_giant · November 15, 2008

we have a printer on our wireless network and it functions just like it would on a desktop sharing the printer. Here's how we did it to get it to print:

http://www.hammer-storage.com/downloads/my...20via%20MAC.pdf

This should all work for you still, just keep in mind where you see the name myshare or N1200, replace that with your computer name. You could also do it by using the IP for the desktop on the home network.

GARB55 · November 15, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

Not sure of your set up but this information might be helpful?

Ensure your existing wireless network is operational, i.e. router connected/functional, and computer AirPort card turned on. Plug the Print Server power adapter into the wall outlet. Attach power input to Print Server and wait for power led to glow. Attach printer USB cable to printer input and opposing cable end to Print Server USB port. Wait for USB led and Wireless led to glow.

On your computer, open your Web browser and log into your Print Server. For this application (WPS54G), in the address bar type 192.168.0.11. A login window will appear. Leave "Log In Name" blank and in the password field, type the word admin

Once inside the Print Server, you may see your Print Server's name. It probably corresponds with the Print Server model number, in this case WPS54G (write down the name of your print server).

From the Print Server on screen menu, select Protocol from the menu.

Inside Protocol, click "Use the following IP Address." To keep things simple, in the IP Address field enter an IP whose first seven digits match your computer's IP, ex 192.168.0.XX. Change the last to numbers to anything you like other than what your computer is using, ex, .78. (write down the Printer Server IP Address). In the Subnet Mask field, enter 255.255.255.0. In the Gateway field, enter your router's IP (this can be found by opening System Prefs, choosing Network. In the "Show" drop down menu select AirPort. With the AirPort window open, click TCP/IP, and you'll see your IP addresses).

Once your Print Server IP, Subnet and Gateway info are input, click Save.

Back to your Print Server web browser, select "Wireless" from the on-screen menu. Click the Basic tab, and you'll see the SSID field. Enter the name of your wireless network in the SSID field. You can see the name of your network by clicking the AirPort tab in you computer's menu bar. Type the name exactly and click Save. Now you can exit the Print Server browser.

On your Mac, open System Preferences and select Print & Fax. Click on the "+" icon (lower left) to add a printer. Click on the IP Printer icon (top). Select "Line Printer Daemon – LPD" and do the following:

* In the Address field, enter the IP address of the Print Server (you wrote it down).

* In the Queue field, enter L1.

* In the Name field, enter L1.

* Select the printer manufacturer from the pull down menu.

* Select the printer model from the scroll box (if you are using the R320 you can use the GIMP-R300 driver).

* Click "Add".

A window should appear showing your newly added printer "L1". Click L1 once to select it. Then click "Printer Setup" (middle right). The Printer Setup window will open. Click on the "Installable Options" pulldown menu and select "Name & Location". The Name and Location window will open. Do the following:

* Change Printer Name to the IP address of Print Server (you wrote it down)

* Change Location to IP_[ip of WPS54G]P1 (replace WPS54G with the name of your Print Server - you wrote it down).

* Click on Apply Changes.

The Mac is now ready to print. Well, it worked for me anyhow. I hope this helps someone. Wireless networking can be a pain, but then again, so can wires.

Zembonez · November 15, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

Sounds like MISS (Mac incompatibility setup syndrome)

It's an all too common ailment that crops up when you try to use non-standard computing equipment in the real world!

omegafiler · November 15, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

Sounds like MISS (Mac incompatibility setup syndrome)

It's an all too common ailment that crops up when you try to use non-standard computing equipment in the real world!

Whoa, are you trying to say that all of those funny mac commercials are wrong? That's impossible. Only Vista has issues.

Zembonez · November 15, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

Sounds like MISS (Mac incompatibility setup syndrome)

It's an all too common ailment that crops up when you try to use non-standard computing equipment in the real world!

Whoa, are you trying to say that all of those funny mac commercials are wrong? That's impossible. Only Vista has issues.

No... Vista is perfect. That's why Microshaft is furiously working on a replacement!

2000DV4.8 · November 15, 2008

My wifes mac won't print wirelessly to a canon printer we have set up on our desktop. It can see the printer and everything, and my laptop can print on it, but it won't let hers. She has a driver for it. Any suggestions.

Oh, and anyone else can feel free to chime in...I just figured since he was so mac crazy...

Sounds like MISS (Mac incompatibility setup syndrome)

It's an all too common ailment that crops up when you try to use non-standard computing equipment in the real world!

Whoa, are you trying to say that all of those funny mac commercials are wrong? That's impossible. Only Vista has issues.

I still have yet to find any of those vista issues... It's not a huge difference from XP, but as long as it works, I'm good.

pennzoil29 · November 15, 2008

Ok Eric, I got the ball rolling for you, where the hell you at?

GARB55 · November 15, 2008

Ok Eric, I got the ball rolling for you, where the hell you at?

Maybe he's out replacing the Mac, with one of those "STABLE" Vista Machines.

Chestah · November 15, 2008

Vista works decently as long as it's not a computer you built. Finding drivers that work flawlessly in Vista 64-bit is a chore!

Outbacker · November 15, 2008

I bought a MacBook laptop a few months ago and could not be happier with it. As soon as this piece of shit PC dies, I am getting a iMac. Anyway, to help answer the question, we bought a Airport Extreme router, plugged the ethernet cable into it and to the piece of shit PC, and the USB into the router from the Canon Printer. The laptop recognized the router right away, and was printing in about 4 minutes. 30 minutes later I finally got the piece of shit to print, and all is good. The PC needed the Bonjour software to be downloaded from the Apple site, but it finally stopped protesting and whining, it accepted its fate and started printing through the router, the piece of shit PC. Anyway, once I get the iMac, it will be wireless and will immediately detect the apple router and print like the laptop. Here is the link to the router:

http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/

The fire wall and security is excellent on it, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to do a wireless network in their home.

svensk · November 15, 2008

Vista works decently as long as it's not a computer you built. Finding drivers that work flawlessly in Vista 64-bit is a chore!

Yeah, this is my first comp I didn't build (dirt cheap triple core with 4GB ram) and it came with 64 bit vista. First thing I did was shut down the UAC, uninstalled all the bullshit it came with and updated the drivers and she purrs like a kitten. I guess I haven't run into too many issues with 64bit driver's yet, only because this system was designed with Vista 64 in mind.

IMO OSX 10.5.x is just as bloated as Vista, and I find it funny that Apple is talking about streamlining 10.6 and making it lighter weight lol.

tobias · November 15, 2008

I am just now seeing this thread but just so we are clear here, you have a printer hooked up by USB to your desktop machine and you are using the Windows printer sharing functionality to try and accomplish this which is working for your Windows laptop but not your wife's Mac laptop, correct?

98silvz71 · November 16, 2008

Vista works decently as long as it's not a computer you built. Finding drivers that work flawlessly in Vista 64-bit is a chore!

Thats not true. I have installed vista on 3 machines, 2 i built and my laptop and they all ran it fine. The first one is a pretty powerful for me at least, the second is an old Pentium 4 and and intel 865G chipset. Sluggish but able to run it fine. And my laptop is an old dell with 512 mb of ram.

The drivers are an issue though. My Creative X-Fi had horrible support on Vista and once in awhile I got a BSOD with my driver for my video card. Thats the reason I switched back to XP. At least the drivers are stable for all my stuff. Until they fix all the drivers I will stick with XP.