DH has a new iMac G5 in the other room (17", 1.8Ghz, Superdrive).

I have envy.

I also have a question. Our printer is a serial printer connected to my (WinXP) computer. I know the instructions for getting the iMac to use the printer are somewhere in the manual, but if someone here knows off the top of their head, it'd probably be faster...

I have envy.

You're not the only one.

(Okay, and he just sing-songed "I love my new computer, la la la!" from the other room. That's just not nice.)

We've named it Angelus.

Hah!

I presume the G5 is running OSX. Are your computers networked? The easiest solution would be to network the computers and access the printer through the network via the IP address using the Print Center in OSx.

Okay, and he just sing-songed "I love my new computer, la la la!" from the other room. That's just not nice.

Yeah, he's definitely begging for a "well I hope it keeps you warm on the couch at night" comment now.

You're not the only one.

That reminds me, aren't we supposed to be building a franken-computer for you?

Should we do this Sunday or Monday?

Jessica -- perhaps you should have named it "Buffy", because it seems to have turned him evil.

Should we do this Sunday or Monday?

Tomorrow works well, I'll be in the area in the morning for a thing, and I'll call you when it's done.

Sounds like a plan.

The easiest solution would be to network the computers and access the printer through the network via the IP address using the Print Center in OSx.

Oh, they're networked. That was the first thing we made sure of -- that OSX would play nice with our previously all-Windows network. (And it does -- we hadn't had it plugged in ten seconds, and it was all, "Oh, you have a network? Let me go online for you!")

I should probably just figure out what the printer's IP address is. It's not something I've had to look for before.

SA, our network's name is Aurelius, so all the computers have vampire names. Mine's Dru, the old laptop is Spike, and the Tivo is Darla.