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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 5 CONNECTING PERIPHERALS TO YOUR MAC<br />

Figure 5-5. Our newly added printer shown in the Print & Fax preference pane<br />

When you are attempting to connect to a network printer at work or in a large computing<br />

environment, or you are attempting to use a printer that is being shared by another computer, it<br />

might not just show up in the default printer listing in the Printer Browser window. When confronted<br />

with this situation, you need to find out what type of printer sharing is being used. The<br />

most common choice around homes and offices would be some sort of Windows printer sharing.<br />

Other less common network printer sharing protocols include the following:<br />

AppleTalk: This is an older Apple networking technology that a large number of older<br />

network printers support. Connecting to an AppleTalk printer is similar to connecting to<br />

a Windows printer. AppleTalk printers can be set up under the AppleTalk options in the<br />

Printer Browser window.<br />

Bluetooth: There just aren’t that many Bluetooth printers available right now, but if you<br />

happen to have one, the Bluetooth printer should be easily discoverable if it’s in range, at<br />

which point you will need to pair the device and select a driver. Only the discovery and<br />

pairing should differ from the process of connecting a USB printer or a Bonjour printer.<br />

Internet Printer Protocol (IPP): Actually, this is fairly common since Common Unix<br />

Printing System (CUPS) is built around IPP, and CUPS (which, although an open source<br />

system, has recently become an Apple product after acquiring the CUPS trademarks and<br />

hiring the original developer, Michael Sweet) is the printing system used in <strong>Leopard</strong> and is<br />

the default printing system for many modern Unix and Linux systems. Microsoft also has<br />

IPP built into its printing services. Connecting to IPP printers within your local network is<br />

usually easy (in fact, that’s what you are doing when you connect using Bonjour); however,<br />

occasionally the printer you are attempting to connect to isn’t visible on the network, so in<br />

order to connect, you will need the printer’s location (usually an IP address or even<br />

domain), and you may need to know the path to the printer (commonly called the printer<br />

queue). IPP printers can be set up under the IP options in the Printer Browser window.

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