Problem using a shared printer Canon PIXMA MG5140

Hi
I have a Canon PIXMA MG5140 Multifunction Printer Which is shared on my XP machine.
I have installed the drivers on my XP and my MBP also Printer is working fine when it's connected to each one of these machines via USB.
I have also added my printer on my Mac as a shared printer, but when I try to print something on my shared printer it's staying there with the status Printing on my mac and on the other side on my XP machine the job is added to my printer with the status spooling and it's not going to do anything, even waiting for 20 minutes doesn't help, it's not printing.
I have another printer shared on my XP machine and it's working fine with my MBP.
I also have another XP client which can work with both of my printers on my XP machine so I think there is something wrong on the mac side.
Thanks in advance.

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
When you have the printer shared by Windows you cannot use the driver supplied by Canon. Instead you need to look at an alternate driver, such as those offered by [Gutenprint|http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php] or [PrintFab|http://www.printfab.net>.
Gutenprint is preferred because it is free while PrintFab costs €49. However the MG series is not yet listed as a supported model of printer with the latest version of Gutenprint so you may be forced to look at using PrintFab, which does list the MG series as a supported printer - although they don't list an 5140 but have the 5120 and 5150.
With PrintFab installed you can then add the printer via the Windows browser of Add Printer. And then for the Print Using menu you can select the MG PrintFab driver.

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