My new ThinkPad (XP) can't see my Mac ether networked printer. How to fix?

I cannot find my HP LaserJet 5M on my ethernet network from our new ThinkPad using Windows XP. The printer is not connected directly to any computer. Our G5 iMacs print on this network without any trouble (in fact all of our macs for the past 10 years). So, do I need to buy PC Maclan to make this work or is there some way to get the ThinkPad to see my printer? All the drivers are loaded in XP. It's just not seeing the printer, and asks for a weird network address. Plugging in the printer's IP address doesn't solve the problem.

Many thanks. I googled my problem and found a solution: download and install bonjour for windows, and that solved the problem. thanks for your help.

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