Mac OS X 10.5 Help

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Adding a printer

To print to a printer, it must be in the list of printers that appears in the Print dialog’s Printer pop-up menu and in Print & Fax preferences. If you connect a printer to your computer with a USB or FireWire cable, Mac OS X adds the printer to this list automatically. If you connect to a network printer, such as an AppleTalk, Bonjour, or shared printer, follow a few simple steps to add the printer to your Printers list.

See the manual that came with your printer for specific directions on setting it up.

Printers connected to a USB or FireWire port
To add a printer that’s connected to your computer’s USB or FireWire port, see the following:
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Adding a USB or FireWire printer
Printers you connect to wirelessly
You can connect to a printer wirelessly, using AirPort or Bluetooth.
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To add a printer that’s connected to an AirPort base station’s USB port, see the following:

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Connecting a USB printer to an AirPort base station
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To add a Bluetooth printer, see the following:

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Adding a Bluetooth printer
Network printer
You can add a printer that’s connected to your local network.
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To connect to a printer that’s connected to a computer using Windows, see the following:

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Adding a printer shared by a Windows computer via SMB/CIFS
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To connect to an Internet printer, see the following:

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Adding an IP printer
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To connect to other types of network printers, such as a shared, Bonjour, or AppleTalk printer, see the following:

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Adding a network printer
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