Adding to available "Printer Models" for shared Windows printers

I have a MacBook (my first Mac) and I have been able to get it to network with my Windows XP desktop, and it can print to the Canon Pixma iP4000 printer connected to the Windows machine.
However, in Printer Setup, I had to choose a Printer Model, and the closest I could find is "Canon S800 - Gimp Print v.5.0.0 beta 2" -- which allows me to print, but the printouts are all in draft mode.
I would like more control over the printer settings. Is there a way to add to that list of available Printer Models (i.e., is there some way to download an update for that list)??
Mitch
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks, Greg, for the iFelix link. I had found that already, and run through the steps many times last night, and it still did't work on my MacBook.
However, I did find another set of instructions on another web site that helped me get it working. Basically, I set it up as an LPD/LPR printer instead of a Windows Printer, addressing it via the IP address of my WinXP machine. I still have to use the manual sheet feeder (the driver can't deal properly with the paper tray on the bottom of the printer), but at least I was able to print.
Oddly, I just tried again using the iFelix instructions, and now it works! Why it didn't work last night, I don't know. But now I've got two means of accessing this printer.
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I have a similar problem trying to network two Macs and a PC for printer and file sharing. I too have the nagging feeling that there's one simple setting somewhere that would cure the problem. I posted a query a week ago (4/21) and got a response from iFelix who directed me to web pages he's posted with step-by-step instructions on setting up Macs and PCs for printer and file sharing:
Sharing files between an XP PC and a Mac running OS 10.4.x
http://tech.ifelix.net/3020.html
Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running 10.4.x
http://tech.ifelix.net/3015.html
Printing to a printer on a Mac from a PC running Windows XP
http://tech.ifelix.net/3000.html
The instructions didn't solve my problem but perhaps they will yours.

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I posted about this in a similar thread, but I was told to create a new post since it is a slightly different problem.
I have a Canon MP150 printer, hooked up to an XP desktop on my home network. I have almost no problems with filesharing, etc. with the XP computer from my Macbook. But printing is a different story.
In the course of setting up the printer in the Print Setup Utility on my Mac, I was not asked for a username or password during the setup as various forums and guides said I would be. I don't password-protect my Windows account, so maybe that's why.
Nonetheless, I could see and select the printer I had shared on the XP computer. I selected the Generic model since the MP150 isn't listed. Gimp-print doesn't support it either. Everything seemed fine. Then I tried to print. I received no error message at all, but nothing happened. The print dialog box went away on the Mac's screen, but the printer did nothing.
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Hmm, thanks for the link... it sounds like a really
useful app. However, the Canon MP150 is not in its
list of supported printers, and I'd hate to shell out
the cash if it's not going to work.
If it is not in their list then there are NO solutions for that printer.
Though at this
point I'd shell out any amount if I know it WILL
work. Any other possibilities?
Personally I would get rid of that printer and but a Canon printer with integrated print server.
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