mike Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Howdy TCH 'ERS, I have a friend, retired, that wants a printer he and his wife can both use. They aren't networked so they would probably just unplug the printer from one computer and plug into the other computer whenever. She has windows xp and he uses a mac. Is there a printer anyone would recommend for this venture? thanks in advance Edited September 9, 2008 by mike Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Almost all printers made today will work with either a PC or Mac (drivers included on CD for both). So the question is what kind of printer do they want. I have a HP Photosmart C5180 all-in-one inkjet that will work on both. In fact it can be plugged into a router and shared that way as well. Quote
mike Posted September 10, 2008 Author Posted September 10, 2008 thanks Bruce. My 5280 works the same way. Quote
Jeter2Fan93 Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 You could even have the printer hooked up to the Mac on the network, then use Bonjour for Windows to configure it on the Windows machine. I have it setup this way and it works flawlessly. Just make sure the Mac is turned on! Quote
mike Posted September 15, 2008 Author Posted September 15, 2008 thanks to all. We now have the situation in hand. thanks tch'ers Quote
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