Epson printer issues on Windows machines through Mac Mini Leopard

Trying to print on an Epson CX7800 printer attached via USB to new Mac Mini. Works PERFECTLY when printing natively on the Mac....BUT, after using Bonjour to access on any Windows machine, it installs a "generic PS" driver. It then takes FOREVER to print. Turns out the driver installed on each Windows machine is an HP LASERJET driver. And each time I try to install an actual Epson driver on the Windows machines, NO PRINTING occurs. Anyone know what the deal is? Why is Bonjour loading an HP LASERJET driver for an Epson inkjet? And even though it will print, it is TOO SLOW, making it practically unusable. Thanks....

The problem of the machines connecting seems to have solved itself today - with one small tweak to the setup.
I inserted an underscore (_) instead of spaces into the Mac Server name, and although the Windows 7 machines still can't see the server they can now connect using SMB.
I can't believe something so small kept me so flummoxed for so long....

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