Apple OSx to a Windows XP printer

[mbpark]

tw,

you can also get a "Full Update" from the Apple site and bring that with you .

Mitch

[tw]

Originally Posted by mbpark

you can also get a "Full Update" from the Apple site and bring that with you .

Well I finally got back to that Mac with OSX. Documentation from the web (including Apple's) had me so confused.

OSX was released as version 10.1.x. A later release called version 10.2.x was called jaguar. Version 10.3.x called Panther. Version 10.4.x called Tiger.

This OSX computer was Panther. But the many functions said to be in Panther do not exist without later updates. IOW CUPS and GIMP to permit MAC to talk via Samba requires later updates. Unfortunately, none of this is documented. Documentation instead leads one to believe Samba was provided in all upgrades of OSX 10.3.x.

Well the OSX based Mac now sees Windows 2000 based printers and no longer outputs Postscript to a printer that only understands HP DeskJet language (forgot that name - its not HPGL). Mac now prints just fine on PC base printers.

Meanwhile, MAC will now show its printer to Windows machines, but no longer permit printing from Windows.

What new little secret am I missing in OSX. Before upgrading Panther to version 10.3.9, a Windows machine could print to that MAC.

Meanwhile, MAC can see Windows directories (now called folders). But I only want it to see and access one particular folder? IOW I want to put a folder on the MAC desktop that is a subdirectory of 'My Documents' . Is it possible to preset a Panther MAC to default to one Windows data directory? Currently, a Mac user must thumb through various directories to get to that subdirectory - too complex. How does a MAC get preset to access a default directory? I suspect that is not possible which is why I read references to a software package called SharePoint.

Two questions - why does Windows now see Mac printers but cannot print to them since the software updates? How does a Panther Mac default to a Windows sub-directory instead of defaulting to Windows computer?

Alternative question - was Panther always this problematic - have so many secret networking inconsistencies?