Networking help!!

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JackMaht

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Hello all,
At my house, there is a Dell PC, hooked up to a Linksys Wireless router, and a printer. In my room a Macintosh G4 with an ethernet cable hooked up to my G4 for internet. My question is, is there a way to print something on my G4 and have it come out at the Dell printer? How would I set it up for the networking?

Jack
 
I believe there is a way. Of course the easiest way would be if your printer is an official network printer vs having to print through the dell pc. What it sounds like you are trying to setup is printing sharing with a pc to a mac. Look up an application called bonjour on the apple website. Depending on what OS version you have you might already have bonjour built into the OS
 
I was able to do the reverse for my parents. print from a dell, to a powerbook with an HP printer.. i dont remember the steps, but it probably wouldnt help you anyway!
 
Personally, I'd just get a $40 print server, hook the printer up to that and the network, and install the appropriate drivers.
 
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