Connecting Network Printer

I cannot find any of my network printers.
I use to be on a PC, and every computer in the house is a PC, except the Macbook pro i recently received. Hence, why i'm here.
I have a lexmark E232 laser printer, and a Samsung C310 series colour laser printer which i would like to connect to my macbook pro using my network. The two printers are connected to a PC.
When i open system preferences --> Printers and Fax, I cannot see any of my network printers. And i dont know how to connect any of them via my network.
I am pretty sure drivers exist, but nonetheless i cannot see them on my macbook.
Any help?
p.s. if any other information is required to help me resolve this issue, let me know.

If both printers are physically connected to the Windows computer and shared then you need to add the printers by selecting the Windows icon. The printers will not be visible in the Default Add Printer view.
With the Windows icon selected you should see the workgroup name of the Windows computer. This could be workgroup or mshome depending on what operating system you are using. With the workgroup selected the next column will show the computer name and when you select this computer name you should then see the printer share name. Note that at this point you may have to enter your Windows user account details in order to see the shared printer.
If both printers are actually connected directly to your network via Ethernet or wireless then the Mac will only see them if; it is correctly configured for your network and if the printers use an advertising protocol such as Bonjour.
So if you could reply with how these printers are connected to your network then we can advise the next steps to take.

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