Mac OS X: Adding a new Windows printer
Say you have a printer shared via Windows — and you want to add it as a new printing device in Mac OS X. You head to System Preferences, then either Print & Scan or Print & Fax depending upon your version, press the + button… and fail to find it in any of the sections. The Windows section doesn’t seem to provide anything useful.
There are two ways to do achieve what you want.
One is to use the CUPS interface, which you’ll find here, if you’re browsing on your Mac. From there you can pick the Administration tab, then Add Printer, and jump through the hoops.
The other is to control-click on the toolbar of the Add Printer dialog and choose Customize Toolbar…, then drag the Advanced icon onto the toolbar.
Once you’ve got an Advanced option there, the process is nearly identical to adding through the CUPS web interface.
For smb:// printers, the Type you want is Windows printer via spools.
