How Mac OS x manually add a Windows shared printer

I. Configuration and network environment description

1 System: My machine is equipped with 10.8 mountain lion system;

2 Network: The machine uses WiFi connection into the 192.168.1.XX network segment, and the printer uses fixed IP address: 10.12.18.XX, the network segment can ping through:

3 Confirm the IP address, share name and device model of the printer;

Our network share of the printer IP is: 10.12.18.XXX, share name is: HPLASERJ, equipment Model: HP LaserJet M1005

　　Second, software preparation

Download the HP printer Driver pack at the apple download point around 400MB:

Install it after downloading, so the new system can find the HP LaserJet M1005 applicable driver.

　　Third, the installation of network printers

1) According to Apple's supporting documentation:

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　　Mac OS X v10.5 or later

Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.

Choose Print & Fax from the Display menu.

Click the + button to add the printer.

Hold down the CONTROL key and click the default icon (or any other icon on the toolbar) and choose Customize Toolbar from the associated menu that appears.

Drag the Advanced (gear) icon to the toolbar.

Click Finish.

Click the advanced icon added to the toolbar.

Choose Windows from the Type pop-up menu.

In the URL column, enter the address of the printer in one of the following formats:

Smb://workgroup/server/sharename

Smb://server/sharename

Note: "Workgroup" is the name of the Windows workgroup to which the computer sharing the printer belongs. "Server" is the computer name (or its IP address) of the shared printer. "ShareName" is the shared name of a shared Windows printer. If the share name contains spaces, replace them with "%20" (excluding quotes).

Tip: You do not need to "workgroup" when you specify a computer's IP address, such as when the printer is on a different subnet, or if your Mac belongs to the same Windows (SMB) workgroup.

In the Name column, enter the name of the printer that you want to use in Mac OS X.

Choose the appropriate PPD or printer driver from the Print use pop-up menu.

Click Add.

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To install a network printer

One of the key screenshots is as follows

Select Printer driver:

Please note that the IP address in which you want to replace the IP address of your own printer.

Then click "Add".

The system searches for the printer and is ready to try to communicate with the printer and finally install the printer.

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All right, it's over!

Try to print the document, everything ok!