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Printing on Network Question from New Switcher
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Sep 10, 2006, 02:19 PM
 
Whatsup everyone, i just wanted to say that this is the second day i've been using my imac after many years of windows. I love how centralized and efficient everything is, my imac connects the windows network in my home better than the other xp's in my house do .

Anyhow, i havnt had any problems up untill now. There is a desktop in the living room that is hooked up to a router and a printer. After "adding" that printer to my laptop, i never had any issues. My imac can find the printer in "Network Neighboorhood". When i try to actually print, the printer lv icon that goes in the dock and shows the print que gives me " unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Connection Failed with Error.
Also, i have no problems with network connecting my imac to my desktop an laptop and pulling shared files, only to the printer.

i have seen somewhat similear threads on other forums, but all of the suggestions are different and i wanted to ask what you guys think of it.

i appreciate any help/support/suggestions, and hope you guys can solve this for me because although i do have appecare, i'd rather ask here then have to call them. thanks a lot
     
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Sep 14, 2006, 07:44 AM
 
How have you added the printer? Did you go to printerbrowser -> more printers button -> windows printer?
Or did it show up somewhere else? What printer model and how does it connect to the windows desktop?

Peter
     
   
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