Connecting Macbook Pro to a Windows 7 USB Printer

I am trying to connect a Macbook Pro running the current version of Mountain Lion - 10.8.2 - to a Canon MG8150 multifunction printer which is connected via USB port to a desktop running Windows 7. I cannot add this printer via the Windows workgroup, even though I can see it - I always get an error message: "Unable to communicate with the printer at this time."
File sharing is turned on and working - I can copy files in both directions between the Windows 7 PC and the Mac. Printer sharing is turned on and the printer share name has been set to CanonMG8150 - and I see this name in the Mac Add Printer dialogue.
I tried turning on LPD on the Windows machine and adding the printer as an LPD printer, but get the same error message.
Any clues?

CrystalSG wrote:
update: Canon do not appear to support the MG8150 on Mountain Lion - they list the MG8250 but not the MG8150. I guess I could try the MG8250 driver, but I am not sure how to obtain the driver from software update without installing the printer, which I do not have!
They do support the MG8150. It is the same driver they supply to Apple for download via Software Update. But as I mentioned before, you cannot use this driver when shared by Windows.
And don't use the MG8250 to print to the MG8150. The output will be correct. So as mentioned above, use the MG8100 Gutenprint driver.

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