Re: Printing Probs
From: Mark (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/06/04
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:21:32 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>mark wrote:
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>In article <025901c4ab12$855b2300$a401280a@phx.gbl>,
>>>"Mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Have got a Mac running 0sx 10.* and a pc running
>>
>> windows
>>
>>>>2000 sp4. I am trying to print from the Mac to a HP
>>>>DJ950c connected to the PC via USB. The mac can see
>>
>> the
>>
>>>>printer and I have installed it as a network printer
>>
>> but
>>
>>>>when I come to print I get a communication error.
Help
>>>>please
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Mark!
>>>
>>>I won't claim that this is a definitive answer for you
>>
>> but I will point
>>
>>>out why this may not work directly and some options I
see
>>
>> for you.
>>
>>>First, your Mac is sending Postscript information when
it
>>
>> is printing
>>
>>>but your Deskjet is not a printer capable of receiving
>>
>> Postscript. Even
>>
>>>if you were to get your data sent to the printer it
would
>>
>> probably be
>>
>>>gibberish.
>>>
>>>A simple option for you is to print anything on the Mac
>>
>> to a PDF and
>>
>>>then transfer this to the Windows PC, open it in Adobe
>>
>> Reader and print
>>>from the PC.
>>
>>>If you're feeling adventurous, you can install some
open
>>
>> source software
>>
>>>on your Windows machine that will intercept your
>>
>> Postscript information,
>>
>>>convert it to a form that the printer can use and then
>>
>> print it. It's a
>>
>>>little hairy to set up but I've done it and it works
>>
>> well. Have a look
>>
>>>at these excellent instructions on Sourceforge.net
>>><http://iharder.sourceforge.net/macosx/winmacprinter/>.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps! bill
>>>--
>>>William M. Smith
>>>(Microsoft Interop MVP)
>>>.
>>>Cheers bill
>>
>>
>> Have just look at the instructions and you are right, a
>> bit hairy but not too bad. Will try tonight and let
you
>> know what happens.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Mark
>
>If you have Panther, can't you just use CUPS that's built
in? I think
>it would save you A LOT of effort. Ghostscript/Redmon
does work pretty
>well, I've used it on FreeBSD/Linux, etc for years
successfully. But,
>wouldn't it be easier to use what's already in place.
>
>http://www.cups.org
>
>I use it to talk to my hp deskjet 5650 printer attached
to my XP Home
>machine, and it works fine, albeit slightly slower than
printing
>directly from my XP box.
>
>Chris
>.
>Bill, can't get ghostcript/redmon to work. log file says
that it cannot open widows GID printer driver any
suggestions - hate to be beaten
Chris, am definiatly running OSX 10.? how do I access
CUPS, is it just a case of setting up the printer on an IP
address or what. (Haven't had chance to look at the MAC
yet as my wife is using it for her teaching notes - but
will later)
Cheers both
Mark
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