Setting Up to Print to a Printer Shared by a Windows Computer via SMB

Author:  Mac OS X 10.5.x Help, Apple Corp.

Date:     September 21, 2009

You can print to a printer that is connected to a Windows computer and has been set up to be shared. You need to ask the printer's owner for the printer's workgroup and for any necessary user name and password.

  1. Open the document to print, and choose File > Print.
  2. Choose Add Printer from the Printer pop-up menu, and then click More Printers.
  3. Choose Windows Printing from the top pop-up menu, choose a network workgroup from the pop-up menu that appears directly below it, select a workgroup from the list, and click Choose.  Any Windows printers in the network you've chosen appear in the Printer List.
  4. Select the printer, choose its model from the Printer Model pop-up menu, and then click Choose. Enter the user name and password for the printer when prompted.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to choose the correct printer model for the printer you're using. For more information, see the documentation that came with the printer. If you have an HP PCL compatible printer that is not listed in the Printer Model pop-up menu, choose the printer model that most closely matches your printer.

If your computer cannot determine the options that are installed on your printer, a dialog appears that lets you choose those options. Make sure the settings in that dialog accurately reflect your printer's installed options so you can take full advantage of them. Then click Continue.