Can't print to windows Vista printer from Mac OS 10.6.7

Hi All,
Proud new owner of iMac 27" and have successfully managed to set up file sharing between my new Mac and current Windows Vista machine.  Windows is attached to a Belkin 54g wireless router.  A Canon MP960 is attached to the Windows machine via USB.  The Mac is working with the network via Airport. 
Problem is that I can't see the printer from the Mac.  I have tried manually setting up the printer to be shared with the Mac via:
Mac OS X v10.5 or later
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
Click the + button to add a printer.
Press the Control key while clicking the "Default" icon (or any other icon on the toolbar), then choose Customize Toolbar from the contextual menu that appears.
Drag the Advanced (gear) icon to the toolbar.
Click Done.
Click the Advanced icon that was added to the toolbar.
Choose Windows from the Type pop-up menu.
In the URL field, type the printer's address in one of the following formats:
smb://workgroup/server/sharename
smb://server/sharename
Note: "workgroup" is the name of the Windows workgroup that the computer sharing the printer belongs to. "server" is the name of the computer sharing the printer (or its IP address). "sharename" is the shared Windows printer's share name. If the share name contains spaces, replace each space with "%20" (without quotation marks).
Tip: You don't need a "workgroup" when specifying the IP address of the computer (such as when the printer is on a different subnet), or if your Mac belongs to the same Windows (SMB) workgroup.
In the Name field, type the name you would like to use for this printer in Mac OS X.
Choose the appropriate PPD or printer driver from the "Print Using" pop-up menu.
Click Add
I have also allowed printer sharing on the windows machine.  I still can't print!
Can anyone please help?  Are there some settings I could have missed? 

I have the same setup but with a Canon MX850.  This did not fix my problem. 

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