Mac/PC shared network, PC wont print. C6180

I have an HP c6180 that is shared via WiFi between my mother's PC laptop and my Macbook. She has Vista and I'm running OSX Lion. Basically, the Mac prints fine every time but her PC will almost never print unless I delete her printers and reinstall the software, and then only seems to print until I print something. Any ideas?

hi there,
Try downloading and running the hp print and scan doctor located here (on the vista machine). It can likely resolve the issues experienced and if not give us a better idea on what is going on with the printer. Let us know the results.
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