Printer sharing with windows computers

I am the very happy owner of a new 17” MacBook Pro. Where has this machine been all of my life!
Unfortunately we all live in a windows world, so I have been trying to set up my MBP and my daughter’s iMac G5 on my home wireless network. I use a Linksys WRT54GX4 wireless router and have my Dell XPS 600 and two Dell dimension 9300 laptops on the system along with the macs. All the computers recognize each other. By that I mean that I can access the shared folders on each machine and transfer files (mac to PC, and PC to mac).
Here’s the problem: the printers on the system are connected to the XPS 600 and while the PC’s all recognize and can access the printers, the macs will not. Even though the workgroup shows up on the macs properly under network connections, neither mac will list the printers when I try to add them. During the Add Printer process on the macs, I can get to a screen that shows the workgroup name, and then the XPS 600 (where the printers are connected) but when I click on the XPS 600, no printers are listed. Why are the macs not seeing the printers? The printers in question are an HP DeskJet 990c (USB) and an HP LaserJet 4200 (parallel printer using a parallel to USB adapter – works very well directly).
I realize that diagnosing network problems is difficult, but any suggestions from the group will be greatly appreciated.
MacBook Pro 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) iMac G5

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