8600 printer and 2 networks

We have an 8600 printer at work. It works just fine. What I cannot do is reach it wirelessly. We have a standard office network, which my laptop (running XP) logs onto just fine, and the printer's network is visible as an available general network. But when I install the printer on my laptop, it will not show the printer network. Is this an XP issue?

Please explain in detail your 'networks'. Need IP's of everything and how everything is connected.
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I see that your HP Laserjet P1102w stops printing files from your Mac but not on Windows, and I am happy to help!
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