Printer Sharing


  1. joshbgosh10592
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    Printer Sharing


    Ok, first time poster, but i have a Windows 7 32bit with an Epson printer via USB. i can print perfectly from my 7. but i also have a MacBook Pro i would like to print wirelessly. The network setup i have is, Modem to a wireless router, ethernet to the win7, and my Mac connects wirelessly. please help?
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  3. WindowsStar
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    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
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    joshbgosh10592 said:
    Ok, first time poster, but i have a Windows 7 32bit with an Epson printer via USB. i can print perfectly from my 7. but i also have a MacBook Pro i would like to print wirelessly. The network setup i have is, Modem to a wireless router, ethernet to the win7, and my Mac connects wirelessly. please help?
    Respectfully; this has been covered a thousand times in this forum. Windows 7 does not support sharing a printer via USB very well if at all. And if you are lucky to get it to work it will then stop working for no reason, or it will not print correctly etc. etc.

    Your best bet is to buy a USB to Network device and add the printer to your network, then it will print perfectly and you don’t have to leave a machine on for another to print. -WS
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