Windows shared printer not listed under "Printer Model"

I am sharing a HP DeskJet 5550 from a windows machine and would like to
print to it from OS X 10.4.

The problem is that the printer model is not listed under the HP
printers. If I hook up the printer directly to my mac I can print
without any problems.

What should I select in the list of printer models? Is there a way to
install a driver that will add my printer model to the list?

Thanks,

Nathan

Nathan Funk wrote:
> I am sharing a HP DeskJet 5550 from a windows machine and would like to
> print to it from OS X 10.4.
>
> The problem is that the printer model is not listed under the HP
> printers. If I hook up the printer directly to my mac I can print
> without any problems.
>
> What should I select in the list of printer models? Is there a way to
> install a driver that will add my printer model to the list?
>

I use the packages here:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/

to print to my Laserjet 6P on my WinXP network.
Works well from either my PPC iBook G4 or Intel
MacBook. Your printer is among those listed as
being supported, so it is worth a try.

And, of course, you must have printer sharing
enabled on the Windows machine.

Phil

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:35:14 -0400, Nathan Funk wrote
(in article <1158010513.775690.76590@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.co m>):

> I am sharing a HP DeskJet 5550 from a windows machine and would like to
> print to it from OS X 10.4.

Your problem is that HP, in its infinite wisdom, does not ship drivers which
are properly network-aware for many of its inkjets. It's not a Mac problem,
their Windows drivers stink too. It's a HP problem. It will not be going away
at any time soon.

>
> The problem is that the printer model is not listed under the HP
> printers. If I hook up the printer directly to my mac I can print
> without any problems.

HP's Mac driver for the DJ5550 supports printing one way, and one way only:
direct connection via USB.

>
> What should I select in the list of printer models? Is there a way to
> install a driver that will add my printer model to the list?

I've found the iFelix site to be quite useful. The page addressing your
particular problem is <http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html>. And, yes,
there is a reason why he uses a HP printer as an example.

I endorse his recommendation of the HPIJS and Gimp/Gutenprint drivers. I,
personally, use HPIJS drivers on all HP inkjets except when I'm doing certain
very specific tasks, as the HPIJS drivers tend to be faster and to give
better output. Note: many HPIJS drivers are, in fact, written by HP
employees. One may ask why HP doesn't ship these drivers with their printers,
whether in addition to or instead of the drivers that do ship. I have so
asked. HP has declined to respond.



--
email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.

Thanks JJ!

I installed the HPIJS drivers and they work great on my DJ 5550!

Thanks,

Nathan


J.J. O'Shea wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:35:14 -0400, Nathan Funk wrote
> (in article <1158010513.775690.76590@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.co m>):
>
> > I am sharing a HP DeskJet 5550 from a windows machine and would like to
> > print to it from OS X 10.4.
>
> Your problem is that HP, in its infinite wisdom, does not ship drivers which
> are properly network-aware for many of its inkjets. It's not a Mac problem,
> their Windows drivers stink too. It's a HP problem. It will not be going away
> at any time soon.
>
> >
> > The problem is that the printer model is not listed under the HP
> > printers. If I hook up the printer directly to my mac I can print
> > without any problems.
>
> HP's Mac driver for the DJ5550 supports printing one way, and one way only:
> direct connection via USB.
>
> >
> > What should I select in the list of printer models? Is there a way to
> > install a driver that will add my printer model to the list?
>
> I've found the iFelix site to be quite useful. The page addressing your
> particular problem is <http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html>. And, yes,
> there is a reason why he uses a HP printer as an example.
>
> I endorse his recommendation of the HPIJS and Gimp/Gutenprint drivers. I,
> personally, use HPIJS drivers on all HP inkjets except when I'm doing certain
> very specific tasks, as the HPIJS drivers tend to be faster and to give
> better output. Note: many HPIJS drivers are, in fact, written by HP
> employees. One may ask why HP doesn't ship these drivers with their printers,
> whether in addition to or instead of the drivers that do ship. I have so
> asked. HP has declined to respond.
>
>
>
> --
> email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.