How do i print from an imac (lion) to a windows 7 shared printer?

I have been struggling to get my imac to print to a windows 7 (64bit) shared printer. my other windows machines work just fine. the imac finds it as a shared printer but then it just sticks at spooling with 82 bytes in the queue at the windows machine. i have searched around and tried all the options suggested but have got no further. Apple support wont help (its a new imac).

At last after much searching (i see i am not alone !) i found the best solution to my problem;
insert USB stick
copy file to usb stick
remove usb stick
insert usb stick in windows 7 machine
print file.
crazy and stupid i know but i really cant be bothered trying to find another solution
i had been led to believe apples just worked clearly not the case!
no please dont tell me this is a windows issue as it is not!
windows and linus machines print to the shared printer just fine.

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