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I want to be able to print from one place
the issue is I will be running Windows 7 and Mac Os 10.6
so that means I cannot create a home network via windows 7, correct?

I have an old old printer that is USB only Canon S9000
someone said in another post that I could get an USB to Ethernet adapter, but I could not find any for sale with a female end to plug into the printer?
I don't mind buying a new router, do they make ones you can plug a usb printer into directly?

Can you plug the printer to the Windows box and share it via Windows networking? The Mac OS box should see it with SMB.

ok i went back and tried it again
before I couldnt find windows sharing in the Mac system preferences but I did a search and found it
I was still not able to connect the printer automatically, I had to enter it manually
http://192.168.1.3:631/printers/canon_s9000
seems to be working now, Ill have to test it a little more

do you know if I can install a scanner this same way?

That depends on if the scanner has network scanning capabilities. Usually that requires software to be installed to initiate the scanning and it would have to be OSX compatible.