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By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:21:54 +0000

Having trouble finding troubleshooting info for Bonjour and Windows 7 Home Pro.

I have an HP Deskjet 932C running via USB to an old Mac G4 Quicksilver running OS X 10.4.11. The printer has been working fine and has been shared with a G4 ibook wirelessly via an ethernet connected Westell Model 327W Router which I use for our DSL internet sharing.

I recently purchased a Gateway NV Series laptop with Core i5 running Windows 7 Home Pro for my wife and kids. They would like to share the printer also via wireless connection. I saw online that Bonjour was the way to go. I first downloaded and set up Bonjour Printer Services 2.0.2. It sees the printer and appears to successfully load, including placing an alias on the desktop. I can set the printer as the default and appear to print to it, but the file disappears and never goes to the queue.

I uninstalled and reinstalled several times and ended up with three different versions of the printer available to print to in the menu. But none worked. I uninstalled all and deleted queues.

I then read about the full version of Bonjour and downloaded the Bonjour64Setup Installer. I ran the Setup. It again saw the printer and appeared to set it up as the default for me, but still will not print.

Windows and printers are excepted in the firewall settings on the host Mac and Bonjour is permitted in the Firewall settings on the PC.

Don’t know what else to try. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

By: WARLOCK

WARLOCK — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:11:03 +0000

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By: Merle Sortland

Merle Sortland — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:37:21 +0000

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By: Mama C

Mama C — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:30:47 +0000

Using Parallels with iMac to run Windows xp. Found the Bonjour patch to make the printer work on both sides but still have problems with just about every Windows application not printing stuff where it should go on the page. It’s as if something wants to stretch each document to fit on the page. Tried printing to a PDF and then printing from the Mac side with same results. Printing from apple applications seems to be ok. Using HP Photosmart 309a Premium right now but have tried 3 other printers with same results. Very frustrating especially when printing flyers and mailing labels and things that need to stay right where they are placed in docs from the Windows side. Any suggestions please?

By: John Kendrick

John Kendrick — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:28:59 +0000

Frank – I have not tried to connect to a fileserver as I had one since switching to macs years ago. I can tell you that I have had great difficulty getting HP wireless printers to work in Parallels. The only way I can get printers to work is to have them directly connected (usb) to a computer. I know that doesn’t help, wish I could offer some advice. Thanks for reading, John.

By: Frank P

Frank P — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:03:39 +0000

I am running an HP Laserjet 5000N and an HP Photosmart C7280 printer, both of which my MBP 15″ can see in the mac OS.

I am running Parallels 5 and windows XP and Bonjour printer wizard. Trouible is that the Bonjour can see the HP Laserjet, but cannot see the Photosmart. The Photosmart is connected to a fileserver which I can see in the mac OS but which I cannot see in parallels.

I would like to be able to see the fileserver in parallels and print the photosmart in parallels.

Any suggestions?

By: wireless router security

wireless router security — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:03:36 +0000

Interesting blog, I’m happy I wandered onto it through google, gonna definitely need to add this one to the list…

By: Kenan Hobajabu

Kenan Hobajabu — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:10:50 +0000

I did what Russ said and it worked (wasn’t working until I installed the 64bit) thanks for the tip Russ!

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:09:40 +0000

Uninstall bonjour and install Bonjour for 64bit Vista. Worked for me.