Accessing a shared printer on a PC

Situation: Two computers on a wireless network. a) MacBook connects to Internet wirelessly using Airport. b) Dell laptop (Vista) also connects to the wireless router - no problem. A Brother HL-1500 printer is connected to the laptop (using Ethernet).
Problem: How do I get to use the printer from the MacBook?
I have set the printer to be shared on the Dell but still can't see it when I try to add a printer using the Macbook Print & Fax Preferences

As you have seen, 98 doesn't give you the option to change the account details you are using to connect. So what you can do is either create an account on the Mac that is the same as that you are using on 98, or create an account on 98 that exists on the Mac and use this account to logon to 98.

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