Problems printing to shared printer connected to Mac from XP Machine

I have been trying to get printer sharing set up so that a Windows XP laptop can print to the HP LaserJet 3030 connected to an old iMac running 10.4.4. I have installed bonjour for Windows on the XP machine and can successfully run the Bonjour Printer Wizard. When I go to print to the printer though it the print button is greyed out and Windows says "Before you can print, you need to select a printer." I have tried the HP 3030 PCL 6 driver as well as a Generic postscript, no luck either way. Any ideas?

I resently purchase the Laserjet 3030. I haven't been able to print consistently, sometimes it prints, sometimes it doesn't connect to the computer. I understand that you have this printer connected to a Mac. Could you tell me how you did it? Which driver you are you using?
Additionally, I haven'e been able to use the scanner at all. I found on the internet that the scanner is not compatible with Mac. Are you using the scanner?
I have an old eMac G4 800Mhz running Mac os X 10.4.6

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