Server 2008 Domain + MAC = Me Fail (help)

[mast3r]

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.

 

[mast3r]

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.

 

[mast3r]

Hey Droid,

The printer is on both, it can be accessed via IP or from the Print server.

 

[mast3r]

Thanks for your help guys,
Pretty easy to do really.