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Part III ✦ Working with Networked Computers On the other hand, if you’ve added Macs or Linux machines to your network, you need some extra help to share printers. Both Macs and Linux computers enable sharing with Windows networks; it just takes a little work and sometimes help from a third-party company to com- plete the task. Printing between Windows computers All Windows 98 computers print easily between each other. Few restrictions and less secu- rity exist on the earlier Windows operating systems. When you start working with Windows 2000 and XP, however, you can find problems with sharing resources. One of the major issues you need to remember is to install the appropriate driver for the Windows operating system you are using. If you have Windows XP Home Edition, install the driver made for the XP Home Edition. If you’re using Windows Me, use the Me driver for the printer. Installing the appropriate software makes a difference to printing and to connecting to another printer on the network. You cannot fix some problems between operating systems. Microsoft calls them bugs and is working on fixes for the bugs. If you have trouble with printing, and you don’t see any infor- mation in this chapter about that problem, look on the Microsoft help site: www.support. microsoft.com. Windows 2000 and XP have security issues of sharing files and printers, sharing users, and so on. One problem you might run into is when a Windows XP computer cannot print to a Windows 98 or Windows Me computer. XP issues an Unable to Print error. The reason is most likely that XP cannot verify that the other computer is a secure environment. Windows 98 and Me cannot supply a secure domain environment for Windows XP, and there’s nothing much you can do about that. One solution you can try is a print server between the computers. Windows XP can print to a print server. Another common Windows 2000XP error you get when trying to print from a Windows 98Me computer is an IPC error. If you receive an IPC dialog box whenever you try to access a printer’s share from Windows 98 or Me, then you can make a change to the configuration of your Windows 2000 or XP computer and stop that problem. Add the exact username that you logged on to the Windows 98Me computer with to the users of the Windows 2000 or XP computer. Allow the user to share the printer, and you won’t receive that dialog box again. If you find you have a problem printing between Windows 2000 andor XP, make sure you check the Microsoft site for patches, service releases, or hot fixes. Patches can fix other prob- lems you might be having as well. Printing between Windows and Mac computers You’ll most likely have the most difficulty printing between any Windows operating system and your Mac, no matter which operating system you use on the Mac. The Mac OS X, for example, wants to print to an IP address. It doesn’t enable you to browse the printers on the network and just print to one, like Windows OSs do. Although the Mac OS X supplies built-in support for many USB and network printers, you’ll most likely need a print server or third- party software for most printing from the Mac to Windows. Tip Chapter 15 ✦ Printing on a Network Windows 2000 Server edition includes Services for Macintosh, which enables the sharing of file and printer resources. You set the Services for Macintosh up on the server. The print ser- vices feature is called MacPrint, or Print Server for Macintosh. All network computers can then send print jobs to the server, which in turn sends the jobs to the Mac. Services for Macintosh also includes many features for file sharing, volume sharing, FTP services for Macs, and so on. Using print servers If you’re using a Mac on your workgroup network, you can use a print server to enable printer sharing between the Mac and Windows. As discussed earlier in the chapter, a print server is a device, a computer, or software that manages one or more printers on the network. Many manufacturers make print servers. Connectix Corporation’s DoubleTalk provides a Mac- in-a-PC-workgroup access to printers. Unfortunately, the PC doesn’t get access to the Mac with this software. ES Computer Company’s UNICORN is software that lets you share both the Mac and Windows printers over the network. You can also share scanners, fax modems, and PDAs that are con- nected to a Mac modem or printer port or a Window’s COMLPT port. Software 2000’s MacJet print driver and utility package enables Macs to print to inkjet and laser printer control language PCL printers. MacJet supports USB, serial, parallel, AppleTalk, and Ethernet printing. Strident’s PowerPrint for Networks lets Macintosh computers print to over a thousand PC printers by connecting them to an Ethernet network. PCMacLan is a set of utilities that lets Windows PCs use Mac printers over IP. Your Windows computer can create both network shares and printer shares. Your Mac provides the PC with various printer support, as well. The Mac can print to any PC printer, including non- PostScript printers. Rendezvous is a term you’ll see in your Mac OS X printing dialog box. Rendezvous is a system that Apple created to make Macs more compatible with networks. Rendezvous automatically configures to Rendezvous-enabled printers, and other devices, making networking and net- work configuration a breeze. Being a new technology, not many printers and other devices are Rendezvous-ready now; however, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark are integrating Rendezvous into new printers. Installing a printer Installing a network printer to a Macintosh is a bit different from Windows because the dialog boxes are different. Plus, you must use an IP address instead of a printer name. Follow these steps to install a network printer to the Mac: 1. Open the hard drive. Double-click Applications. The Applications dialog box appears. 2. Scroll to the very bottom of the Applications dialog box and locate Utilities, as shown in Figure 15-20. Note Part III ✦ Working with Networked Computers Figure 15-20: Locate the Utilities folder. 3. Double-click Utilities to open the folder. The Utilities dialog box appears. 4. Scroll to locate Print Center, as shown in Figure 15-21. Figure 15-21: The Print Center in the Utilities dialog box 5. Double-click Print Center. The Printer List appears. 6. Click the Add button. The Printer List dialog box changes and enlarges, as shown in Figure 15-22.