Mac cannot find wired printer on PC via Airport

I have a simple home network with a PC (XP Pro) and a G5 Imac. The PC has the cable modem and printer attached and the Mac was attached by an Ethernet crossover cable.
Everything worked; file sharing, printer sharing, and internet connection on both computers.
Now I have replaced the crossover cable with an Airport Express. Everything still works EXCEPT I cannot print from Mac. I get a CONNECTION NOT FOUND, etc. I have tried to add new printer without success.
Any ideas? Thanks
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) XP Pro

More information:
Adding a new printer via Windows Printing finds network but not the printer. Also Printing via SAMBA fails, even though I removed an underscore from printer name. I have read the help articles on these issues without success.
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