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Peter,
where i found the admin/password to add a new printer ?

The one i normally used not works, i've read the article suggested but i can't solve ...
 
Peter,
i'm quite at the end ...
Peter Carmichael said:
4b.

Under Windows you setup a new network printer (don't browse for the printer... set it up specifically). You > need to know the dns name or IP address of your Mac.
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Where found IP address or dns name ?
(sorry for these very elementary questions and thanks again for your patience)
 
I've found it, obvious :- , in the network panel
now i execute on my win xp under parallels internet explorer and insert data:
http://39.3.118.41:631/printers/640DL

Appears the same CUPS interface,

Local Raw Printer
Description: Stampante fotografica
Location: Mac Usb
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs.
Device URI: usb: HiTi/640DL?serial=0

And then ?
What i have to do ?
 
Ok, i've to inserted the link
http://39.3.118.41:631/printers/640DL
under add a printer and not into internet explorer :-/

i've to enabled the icon on the very bottom right side of parallels (icon usb) usb photo printer ?
Only enabled that icon start the installtion of the driver under xp
 
several times. Everything was a straight cut and paste from the terminal. Here's how the CUPS printer is set up now...

Description: Parallels CUPS Printer
Location: Parallels
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs.
Device URI: usb: HP/Photosmart%20Pro%20B9100 series?serial=(deleted)

However, whenever I try to set up in Parallels the wizard stalls after I select the HP drivers. It seems as if the printer is busy when, in fact, it is not...

Thanks again - Howard
 
that clears up that aspect then. Still no luck getting the CUPS printer to install though (see above post)
 
System preferences -> Network

It sounds like you aren't necessarily the most experienced techie type of user (no issue with that, but it becomes important as you are setting up two machines with a network connection between them and this requires some specific techie aspects of setup).

The IP address is needed so that one machine can send its messages to the other. The problem you get down the line is that the Mac may be asking the network router to provide it with an address (this is called DHCP and is a very common way for home networks to be set up); there is no guarantee that the same address will be given to the Mac every time it renews its IP connection.

I don't know how your network is setup. I don't know whether you have an ADSL router or just a USB modem. These are all pretty easy issue to sort out but will be specific to your setup. Perhaps we should talk.
 
Peter,
sorry for that multiple messages.

A little summarize:
if i insert that link
http://39.3.118.41:631/printers/_640DL
in internet explorer (in win parallels)
comes the screen that previuos see on Mac Os.

If i enabled in parallels usb photo printers my printer is avaible

If try to add a new network printer (the same but i'd like to share via network and not usb)
the correct driver not appears.
 
Peter,

The manual for my printer says not to connect directly from its ethernet port to the computer as peer to peer networking is not supported. Would this somehow affect the setup I'm trying to accomplish (even thought I'm connected via USB and setting up a network between Parallels and the host)?

Also, in Parallels, under 'Network Options', I have 'Bridged Ethernet' > 'Default' selected.

Thanks again
 
Frag said:
Peter,

The manual for my printer says not to connect directly from its
ethernet port to the computer as peer to peer networking is not
supported. Would this somehow affect the setup I'm trying to
accomplish (even thought I'm connected via USB and setting up a
network between Parallels and the host)?
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No i don't think so. It is a bit of a strange limitation on your printer, by the sounds of it. Technically there is little or no difference between plugging directly into a computer using a crossover cable, or plugging in via a network switch. Usually, I would expect a network device to default to DHCP to get an IP address. It might be that they don't expect a "peer" computer to be running a DHCP server, although this is what Windows "Internet connection sharing does"

None of this has any bearing on a USB connected printer though.
Frag said:
Also, in Parallels, under 'Network Options', I have 'Bridged
Ethernet' > 'Default' selected.

Thanks again
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This is what i use. The router on my network hands out IP addresses via DHCP, but I can set it up so that the mac always gets the same IP address. I also have all my networked machines running via a DNS lookup, so I can refer to them by name rather than having to remember IP addresses.
 
and I was accomplishing the steps correctly. Just redid everything and I'm still hanging after selecting the HP B9180 driver from the Add Printer Wizard. So, the wizard sees the printer or else it wouldn't give me the choice to select the driver. However, once I select the driver and hit 'ok', the wizard stops responding and eventually I get the 'not responding' message at the top of the wizard.

Sure wish I could figure out what's going on here....

Thanks for trying to help -- Howard
 
Adrian04 said:
nothing happens, i've installed driver on my windows parallels (and
the printer appears in printers window), but when insert the link
to add a network printer:
http://39.3.118.41:631/printers/640DL
not appears the correct driver of that printer ... why ?
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This appears to be a fault with the HITI driver distribution. There might be a workaround...

If you can complete the instructions using an incorrect printer driver (any will do), it will create a definition in Windows for the printer port. You can then go the non-working HITI printer definition properties which will have a "Ports" page. You can simply this from being the local USB port to the "Internet" port you have just defined.
 
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