I would like to share the printers connected to my PC with my fiance's MacBook Pro, but I can't figure out all the steps.Here's what I've done so far.Network and sharing center:- Put the PC in the Work network.- Set a workgroup.Change advanced sharing settings- Set Turn on network discovery.- Set Turn on file and printer sharing- Set Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files- Set Turn off password protected sharing.Printer properties:- Enabled sharing - Set the permissions so Everyone can manage the printer and documentsWindows firewall:- Turned off Windows firewallThe MacBook Pro is on the wireless router (the PC is on a wired connection to the same router). In the Mac printer setup, it can see the workgroup name but not the Windows 7 PC in the workgroup, and consequently no shared printers. Does anyone have any advice?

Does the 7 PC ping? Have your run IPCONFIG on the 7 PC? Look at the results of a NETSTAT command. The Homegroup of the 7 machine must be joined by the Mac.If you are not seeing the 7 PC in the workgroup, it sounds like some physical problemmay beinvolved. Rating posts helps other users Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

I can ping each device from the other, from the Mac to the Win 7 PC and vice versa. I used the Common Unix Printing System on the Mac to try to set up the printers as SAMBA printers. When I do that, I get an error on the Mac that states "CIFS server is not responding". Does Win 7 still use SMB for shares?What should I look for in the netstat command? Listening on ports? If so, which ports?I did run ipconfig on the 7 PC and I have a static address assigned to both the PC and the Mac (192.168.0.162 and 192.168.0.199 respectivley).

If it pings, there has to be some confusion in the workgroup membership of one system or the other. Win7 uses a Homegroup. You may have to turn off the Homegroup to let the Mac see the 7 PC.Rating posts helps other users Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

Does adding the Windows 7 machine to a workgroup automatically turn off the Homegroup? I added to a workgroup when I changed from home network to work network. If not, where do I turn off the Homegroup?

No, you will not be a member of a Homegroup after you join a Work network. With two LAN devices, you could 'bridge' accross two networks, but not with just one.Rating posts helps other users Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

I couldn't get it to work and the fiance had enough of not being able to print, so back to XP for now.