Can't seamlessly share printer with Windows machines

[defaultluser]

I've run into a bit of an issue with the SAMBA printer sharing settings in OS X.

I have my printer connected to my Mac Mini, and I have it shared. I can see it with zero problems from my Windows XP box, and installing the network printer is without issue.

The problem is, I cannot seem to maintain the printer after a restart of my XP machine because all connections to the Mac require a username and password. XP does not seem to remember the username and password it used to connect to the printer originally, so I have to reinstall the printer every time I want to use it.

Is there a way to make printer shares not require a password under OS X (like the Windows guest account)? It's not like I need my printer to be as secure as my data.

 

[gordy_hand]

Download a program for your mac called sharepoints it has a lot of network setting tweaks to allow you to do this.

Thats how I got it to work on my network.