How to share my printer with windows 7 professional

I have an iMac-27 with Lion 10.7.2
I have a printer attached to my iMac which I want to share with a Windows 7 Professional PC.
I am not able to add the printer in Windows, i.e. the printer does not appear in the list of available printers.
I do have the System Preferences > Sharing > Printer Sharing checked ON.
Assistance would be appreciated.
Regards,
Jim P.

The link provided refers to sharing a Windows 7printer. My printer is attached to my iMac and it does not appear as an available printer on the Windows 7 machine.
I've read that Windows 7 and Mac OS X aren't playing nice these days.

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