

OS X's support for SMB networking is secondary to its Unix and Mac-native features, especially in OS X Lion where Apple replaced the open-source Samba Windows networking technology with a new in-house substitute. When this happens troubleshooting can be tricky, especially since you may have to adjust multiple configuration options to get things working as expected. While OS X should connect and print to printers shared on Windows machines, sometimes this does not work as expected and the printers either will not show up or will refuse to accept a print job.
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Often when people have Macs and PCs on the same network, they share resources like printers.
