HP Printer Connected to iMac--MacBook Can't Find It

Despite numerous attempts we can't figure out how to get my daughter's MacBook to locate our workhorse HP Laserjet 1300 printer, which is connected by USB cable directly to my iMac. Ours is a wired and wireless network; my daughter connects wirelessly. She used to be able to access the old HP. It stopped working after we installed Mountain Lion on all of our machines. Yes, I know that ML doesn't support this printer, so we use a generic print driver which, for our simple purposes, prints fine. I cannot seem to get her MacBook to locate the HP connected to mine.

Hi Greg,
Thanks for this. I can't try your suggestion now as my daughter had the nerve to make off with her MacBook for the day. One quesiton: Does the procedure you've described require that I establish for my iMac (the "server") a static IP address?
I've got no problem doing so, but I can imagine that dynamic IPs could mess up printing for her in the future.
If I need to establish a static IP for my iMac, how do I go about it?
Thanks Greg.

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