I am running two computers: a Dell Windows XP desktop, and a Mac OSX 10.2.6 iBook. The iBook connects to my network wirelessly through a Linksys Wireless Access Point that has a built-in firewall. My Lexmark X75 printer is set up and shared on the Windows XP desktop. Now that you know the setup of my hardware, I'm wondering how I can get the iBook to print to my Lexmark X75. I am willing to install and do anything that I need to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks infinitely in advance, - Rob (aka vivi0)

Viv, That's a tricky one. The Lexmark X75 is a Multifunction device that connects via a single USB cable, doesn't it? (Or does it have a parallel connection too?) Now - I'm not completely sure about this so anyone who knows better should jump in to correct if I be wrong, but I believe it requires that the Apple it's running on have an OS 9.2.2 Classic System onboard as well as OS 10.2.6 and that for some reason - both print drivers need to be there - including "CarbonLib 1.6" Extension in OS 9.2.2 System (Downloadable from Apple site). If you were using cables (USB and Parallel) the configeration would be far simpler (should the X75 have a parallel port also) - that way one could connect the Dell and the iBook simultaneously with each's separate cable - yet wirelessly... me thinks me is out of my depth... You could... always just hook it up to the iBook via a single USB cable - no? My feeble attempts at trying to "simplify" a configeration might well be met by someone else out there with a similar setup. Any takers? cheers cw

The only reason I'm not setting it up similar is because wireless internet is pretty much wireless ethernet, and I know a lot of people who do it with ethernet. I downloaded the "drivers" from Lexmarks site, and it included the Lexmark software as well. The only way I can think of is going thru SAMBA, but I read about that, and it confuses me. It does connect thru USB, btw. I should probably connect it with USB to see if it works with the drivers, and then attempt to do it wirelessly.

If you have put on print sharing on the Windows PC, I think your mac will see it, and since OSX has lots of drivers included, it might just find it and use it as default. On the Mac, go to your Utilities folder inside your Applications folder. You will find Print Center in there and can help set up a network printer. Another way is just to plug the printer into the Mac using the USB, if it has it. Then, under Internet and Network on the Systems Preferences (place where you change desktop and screensaver and stuff), there should be something called Sharing, in there you can choose print sharing, and other services to talk with PCs, they also tell you how to connect to the Mac for each service.

I already tried going into Print Center and tried all of the ways to connect and none of them worked. I guess I can try the sharing from it instead of the Windows, though.