Server 2008 Domain + MAC = Me Fail (help)

mast3r

mast3r

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Hey guys,

I am a total numpty with OSX and need some help.
I have installed a new Server for a client, Small biz server 2008 64bit. Two users have Mac Book Pros, one new one and one a few years old, i think the older one is on the latest OSX.

We have some user shares, For roaming documents and scanned documents, IE, there is a scanner which pushes the documents to a share on the server \\servername\scans\user-name

I can browse to the shares on the Mac via cifs:\\...

we also have some LAN Printers which the macs can see but i can not get them to actually print to, the printers are avail on the server or direct via IP, i have gone through the add new printer wizard on the mac and selected network printer and input the IP, also installed the software off the CD, Any ideas?

How do i / Should i join the macs to the windows domain? is there any reason to do this?

Thanks again.
 
None of the Macs I look after are joined to the domain.

I think we too had issues getting the Macs to use the shared printer from the server, so we did the easiest thing and just had them print straight to the printer. This was mostly ideal, since only the OS X users use this particular printer anyway.
 
ok thanks for that guys, i wont bother with the domain then...
the printer is mac compatible and has indeed got a CD for the MACs but still, no printing action.
I had only 20 mins to crack at it though, ill have most of Tuesday to crack it, ill let you all know how i get on.
 
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