Dell Printer not working

I'm am working on an iBook and my friend has a Dell XP desktop. We are on a wireless network and can share files. I want to be able to wirelessly print to his Dell A920 which is connected via USB to his computer.
I am able to connect to the printer and set it up...i.e. I can use Printer Setup Utility navigate to his computer select the connected printer and everything. However, I am not able to selected what kind of printer it is because Dell isn't a choice, so I leave it as Generic.
When I go to print a word document the printer makes noise (sounding like it's going to print) and a status bar showing the printing process shows up on the Dell's screen. Except, it goes from 0 - 100% in about 2 sec, then closes, and never prints. To me the problem seems to be that I can't select what type of printer it is in Printer Setup Utility and therefore there is no driver and I can't print.
Does anyone know what this Dell's associated driver is. I think that Epson makes Dell's printers. Thank you very much.

Lexmark make many of the Dell printers, however following earlier posts on this the Lexmark drivers will not work with Dell printers.
The A920 is similar to the Lexmark X1150 so you could try that driver, but previous experience tells me it probably won't.
As there is no Mac driver for the Dell printer you will need to print to PDF, pass the file onto the PC and print from there.
The Generic Printer option won't work as the A920 is not a postscript printer.
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