Hello, Amber I'm new to this list, but I've used DAVE in the past. Thursby does not officially support printing to PC-shared non-postscript printers. They only officially support postscript printers (laser printers). I'll quote from their FAQ:
Q. Does DAVE support non-PostScript printers? A. Both inkjet and PostScript inbound printer sharing are supported on Mac OS X. DAVE is the only product offering SMB printing support for Mac OS X. DAVE 4.0 and above may be able to print to outbound inkjet printers attached to a PC. However, this functionality is not officially supported in the current version. Full bi-directional PostScript printing is supported on Mac OS 8.6-9.2. However, to print to printers connected to Windows that are not PostScript-compatible, two suggestions we've given to customers are products called SuperPrint by Zenographics and Alladin Ghostscript. If you are using Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.2 we recommend the following products: SuperPrint, among other things, has a PostScript interpreter for non-PostScript printers. Install this on the PC that is sharing the printer, configure the PostScript interpreter (which creates a new print queue), share the PostScript print queue and connect to that printer using DAVE. The software even creates a PPD for that printer for use with programs like LaserWriter 8 on the Macintosh. SuperPrint supports Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5.1 and 4.0. Though not thoroughly tested, it may also work on Windows 98/Me. SuperPrint can be purchased direct from the manufacturer. Zenographics (800) 566-7468 http://www.zeno.com $49.99 (quoted on 9/20/00) Although difficult to configure, the free product Ghostscript has an interpreter that allows printing to printers that don't have the PostScript language capability build in. Ghostscript can be downloaded at: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.htm A print port redirector called Redmon is commonly used with Ghostscript and a non-PostScript printer to emulate a PostScript printer. Redmon is free and available at: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/redmon/index.htm For Epson printers, Epson has a product called Epson StylusRIP that allows some of their inkjet printers to accept PostScript. This software is dependent on the model of the printer. For more information on this software, contact Epson at 1-800-GO-EPSON. If you are using Mac OS X 10.2 and above, we recommend the following product: For customers running Mac OS 10.2 and above, there is available a free application called Gimp-Print. Gimp-Print is a package of high quality printer drivers for Mac OS X Jaguar, Linux, BSD, Solaris, IRIX and other Unix-like operating systems. Gimp-Print includes support for almost 300 printers including Canon, Epson, HP, and Lexmark. A list of supported printers is available at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3. Toward the bottom of that page is a list of printer drivers that may work for printers that are not listed in the Gimp-Print software. Gimp-Print is available at:http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3. Best Regards, Gino LV. Ledesma http://www.pinoymac.org/ Philippines Quoting Amber Rhea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi everyone: > > Not sure if I should ask this question here or if I should sign up and > ask it on a different list. Anyway, I have an all-in-one beige PowerMac > G3 (running OS 9.1) in use in my school which is 99% Windoze PC. The G3 > in question is in a teacher's classroom along with two Windows XP > machines. There is one printer, an HP Deskjet 940c. The printer is > attached via USB to one of the XP machines and is shared locally with > the other PC. I would also like the Mac to be able to print to this > printer. I installed DAVE on the Mac and from what I can tell, I have > configured everything correctly, but I still cannot print to the > printer. Also, I am asked for a password to "connect to the network"... > not sure what this would be, I tried a couple of the usernames from the > XP machines and no go. I'm the sysadmin here so there aren't any > "secret" passwords that I don't know about! > > Any ideas? If I can't get this to work, it's just going to appear to my > teachers that "Macs are inferior"... (we all know that's not true, but > it's hard going in a 99% Windoze environment)... > > Amber L. Rhea > Technology Coordinator > L.V. 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