How do I connect to a usb printer on a mac from a windows computer?

I have a usb printer connected to my mac, and I want to print to that printer from my other windows computer. How do I do this?How do I connect to a usb printer on a mac from a windows computer?
The short answer is, you must meet 3 criteria before you can do this. 1. Set your Mac to share the printer that is connected to it. 2. The drivers must be loaded in the Windows computer and 3. Both need to be on a network.





Setting up the Mac to share it's printer is fairly simple. Click the Apple in the upper left corner of your desktop.





鈥?Select ';System Preferences'; from the drop down menu.





Select ';Sharing'; from the System Preferences dialog window.





Select ';Printer Sharing'; from the ';Services'; window in the ';Sharing'; dialog box.





鈥?Install the drivers for the Mac printer into the Windows computer.





Select ';Printers and Faxes'; from the ';Settings'; tab in your ';Start'; menu.





Select ';Add Printer'; from the ';Printers and Faxes'; dialog box.





Follow the wizard to have your PC recognize the Mac printer. Once this is done you can select the Mac printer from your printer dialog box whenever you want to print something.





Please realize that I work on Macs. The method explained above in relation to the PC may very (or may be simpler) depending on the OS that is loaded on your PC.