Can't see shared windows printer all the time

The printer was set up when I was able to see the windows workgroup with  finder,  and then I went to setting to set up the printer (need to choose windows printer).  It was working when I tested it.   Later when I want to print, it says connection refused.   Then I found  the windows workgroup no longer appeared under finder.  The Windows PC was on and the printer was on and yet I got connection refused.   What gives?

Hi mkfromon,
If you are having issues accessing a network printer, you may find the following article helpful:
OS X Mountain Lion: Troubleshoot a network printer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11070
Regards,
- Brenden

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