Home Network and printer sharing with XP and Vista

   I have a home network and printer wired on my PC desktop which runs XP. My Vista laptop has been connected to internet and printer through the home network for past 6 years flawlessly. However, since October my Vista laptop cannot
connect to the network printer, but internet has been working fine.
   I've tried to uninstall/reinstall, update drivers, connect via TCP/IP but printer isn't located by add printer wizard. When I plug printer directly into laptop via USB it works fine. I also have tried another xp desktop in the house
and that cannot locate the printer also.     Help!
Thanks in advance,
Medic

What have you tried so far?
Have you seen this yet...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1770.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25609

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