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Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 features a ’Windows’ tab in their ’Add a Printer’ dialog. Only problem: it doesn’t work. At least not for shared printers connected to Windows 7. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean you can’t print to a shared Windows 7 printer from a Mac OS X machine using a moderately simple workaround. The trick is to use the Line Printer Daemon protocol/Line Printer Remote (LPD/LPR) protocol. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to print documents to a printer connected to a Windows 7 computer from a Mac via a local network.

Begin by installing the printer on your Windows 7 machine and ensuring that it prints correctly. Next, share it on your network, using the steps detailed in this tutorial: How to Share a Printer with Your Network. continue reading…

There are a number of indirect ways that you can trick Windows 7 into printing from a shared printer attached to a Macintosh machine, but the best way to do it is through Bonjour. That’s because with every version change – either between Windows or OS X – the process gets muddled and a new solution has to be devised. But Bonjour has been fairly reliable even as both operating systems have evolved.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up your OS X machine so that its shared printers are available to Windows 7 machines. After that, we’ll show you how to print a document from a Windows 7 machine using a Macintosh shared printer. continue reading…

In this article, I will continue our series on Windows 7 networking with a tutorial on how to share a printer with other computers from your network. If all the other computers are using Windows 7, the procedure is extremely simple and everything works instantly. If you have computers with other operating systems, then you might want to read the end part of the article too.

How to Share the Printer with the Network

First, open the Devices and Printers panel. There you will see a list with all external devices installed on your PC. Select the printer you want to share, right click on it and select Printer properties.

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If you’re tired of that right-hand sidebar on Facebook that doesn’t serve any useful purpose—other than serving recommendations—you can get rid of it with a simple user script.

If you’re using Chrome you don’t need to do anything else, just head to the page and install it. Firefox users will need Greasemonkey.

Minimalist Facebook for Greasemonkey

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