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    setting up mac on windows network

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gvarsani, Sep 6, 2010.

  1. gvarsani

    gvarsani Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys,

    i have a wifi network setup in my office. now a printer is connected to a pc via usb. so all the printing happens with through that pc. i wanna add my macbook to that wifi network, so i can give print commands through my macbook itself. can anyone help me as to how do i add my laptop to the network.

    thanks
    Gaurav
     
    gvarsani, Sep 6, 2010
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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  3. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Far as I know, you may have to add the printer by its IP address, rather than the name you've assigned it on the network. Have you given that a try?
     
    diggy, Sep 6, 2010
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  4. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    You can print to either an IP printer, or a shared printer via Windows from a Mac.
     
    Khris, Sep 6, 2010
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