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Date: June 5, 2006
Author: qualey2

For printing from the Mac (OSX) to the PC (WinXP) 

On your Windows XP Machine:

1. Log in as Administrator
2. Click Start->Settings->Control Panel
3. Then Click 'Add/Remove Programs'
4. Then Click 'Add/Remove Windows Components'
5. Open the 'Other Network File and Printer Services' section
6. Put a checkmark in 'Print Services for Unix'
7. Click 'Ok'. Click 'Next' (it will probably ask for your Windows CD at this point) 
8. Click 'Finish' 
9. Close the Add/Remove Programs' window 

The next steps will have the service start automatically, which is the prefered way to do it: 

1. Click Start->Settings->Control Panel 
2. Double-click 'Administrative Tools' 
3. Double-click 'Services' 
4. Double-click 'TCP/IP Print Server' 
5. Change the 'Startup Type' to 'Automatic' 
6. Click 'Ok' and close all open windows

Set up the printer for TCP/IP printing:

1. Click Start->Settings->Printers
2. Right-click the printer you want to share and select 'Sharing'
3. Click the radio button for 'Share As' and fill in the share name you want to use (mine is hpphotos; for 'hp photosmart')

Now move to your Mac and finish things up: 

1. Launch the Print Center for the Applications->Utilties folder
2. Click the 'Add Printer' button
3. Change 'Appletalk' to 'IP Printing' (Ah, making sense now, eh?)
4. Enter the Windows XP Computer's IP address in the Address Box (will probably look like 192.168.x.x, if you don't know the address, go to your Windows XP machine and from the Command Prompt type ipconfig, it will give you the network address for your Windows machine)
5. Uncheck the 'Default Queue' radio button
6. Enter the name of the printer shared name (ex. mine is hpphotos) that you set up on your Windows machine 
7. Select your printer model, if you installed gimp print it should be there, if not pick a close model number (my photosmart showed up)
8. Close print center after the printer has been added

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