Can't print to printer on Windows 7 machine

When I send a document from my MacBook to the printer attached to my Windows 7 desktop, it shows up on the print queue as a document but lags and shows as "spooling". I have yet to get this to work. I successfully networked the computers together for file sharing and whatnot, but printing refuses to work. Like I said, the documents make it to the print queue, but won't actually print.
Router is Linksys WRT54G2 firmware version 1.0.04
printer is Cannon MP240
Mac OS is Snow Leopard
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if a suggestion doesn't work, thanks for taking the time to reply!

I had exactly the same issue as you when I wanted to print from my iMac to a printer that was attached to a Windows 7 machine.
I found the solution at an Apple Support page, located at "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3049".
What really solved my problem was the introduction of the user PASSWORD in the address line, like this:
smb://user:password@workgroup/server/sharename
Read the Apple Support page I mentioned carefully to better understand what you will be doing.
I hope this helps you.

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