Failed Printing to Windows Printer - no entry in error log

I cannot print to a windows printer (smb://mydomain/thePrinter).  I enter my username and password when prompted for authentication, but then nothing happens.  I checked the access_log and error_log, but there is no record of the failure.  If I add a new printer using a bogus URI (smb://bogusdomain/thePrinter) then I see entries in the log about a failed connection.  In contrast, if I use the correct domain and indicate a bogus printer name (smb://mydomain/BogusPrinter) there are no entries in the logs.
How can I determine why the windows printer is not responding?

Apparently, the System Preferences tool for adding smb printers is broken in the initial release of Lion and can be worked around by using CUPS directly.
The answer is here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15759095#15759095

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