How do you use a printer connected to mac from an xp machine?

Question

I want to be able to use a printer that is connected to a mac osx 10.5 from my xp laptop. I have shared the printer on the mac and I want to have the printer setup on my xp laptop so that it just works and I don't have to login into the mac computer.

Answer 1

1. Turn on printer sharing (Mac)

   

2. Detect shared printers with Bonjour 2. Detect shared printers with Bonjour (Windows)

   

3. Install the printer's driver 3. Install the printer's driver (Windows)

   

4. Send documents to your new printer 4. Send documents to your new printer (Windows)

   

If you do want to go the Samba way, here's Apple's official help document on printer sharing with Samba or Bonjour.