File sharing works great - now how do I get printer sharing working?

Hello everyone.
This is my first post so please bear with me. I've been searching the archives for a similar problem but couldn't find anything that helps.
I have a MacBook running OS X 10.4.11 and an HP running Windows Vista Home Premium. This past week I've got my home network up and running via a wireless router, and now I can access the Mac from my HP, and I can access the HP's public folder from my Mac. Hooray.
Now I would like to be able to print wirelessly from my Mac to a printer that is connected to the HP.
The printer in question is a Canon PIXMA ip4500. It is installed on both machines and works fine when connected to either by USB. Printer sharing is turned on on the HP, and also this specific printer is shared if you look at the properties box in Vista.
On my mac, I open the Print & Fax box from System Preferences, then Add Printer > More Printers... I have set the first box to Windows Printing and the second box to Workgroup, and this brings up two items:
Ridlingtonspa (this is the name for my HP)
Sarah-Allmans-C (a truncated form of the name of the Mac)
I thought the correct thing to do here would be to choose Ridlingtonspa to bring up the printer on that machine, but when I do that I am prompted with a dialogue box:
Connect to the printer "Ridlingtonspa" as:
Name:
Password:
This is a little confusing as the printer doesn't have a username and password as far as I am aware. Also, as I say, that's the name of the HP not the printer. Anyway, I have tried my login details for the HP and that doesn't work. I have also tried the login details for the Mac and that doesn't work. Each time I get the message:
Unable to connect to server with the provided password and user name.
Error 256
Does anyone have any ideas? This is really frustrating!
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Rhyd

Unplug your printer from your HP and use ??built in Wi-Fi that your printer has?? a usb Wi-Fi printer dongle?? Return your wireless router and get {http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/} and share many usb devices over the wi-fi network (need a powered hub for more than one usb device)?? or go to a big box store ( saw one at staples ) and get a device that is designed for 2 computers to use one printer.
How it works; USB cables one from PC, one from Mac plug into this box then one usb cable comes out and plug into your printer. Looks like a " Y " connection when your done. ( PS: usb cables not supplied)
Made by Belkin I believe.
PS: I had your problem till I bought a Prof Biz color all in one from Minolta /Bizhub 20 and Network the printer. So many choices, I picked the oldest device and replaced it and glad i did.
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