New Printer Network

Hi. Where to begin...
I just bought a new Brother HL-5340d printer and set it up with my G5 running 10.5.8, no problem. My wife has a wireless pc laptop running XP, and she wants to print as well, but I can't get the network to work. She shares an internet connection with me using a Motorola SBG900 Wireless Surfboard Gateway.
I called Brother, but, of course, they say they don't provide support for networking printers.
Here's what I've tried. First, my Mac can see the laptop's shared folders on the network, but the laptop can't see anything on my Mac. I have file sharing and printer sharing turned on. I see the message, "Windows users can access your computer at smb://xxx.xxx.x.xx" but I don't know what to do with this information. I've tried typing in those numbers in various Windows wizards, but have had no luck so far.
http://lifehacker.com/247541/how-to-access-a-macs-files-on-your-pc
I've also tried to create a shared workgroup with the laptop using Apple's network preferences. I followed these instructions. I tried several times, but again no luck. I get to page four step five, but the wizard fails to find my mac.
http://macs.about.com/od/macwindows/ss/printersharexp.htm
I apologize for rambling, but I'm really stumped, dispirited, and honestly I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Thank you,
PM

Hi there.
If you have the Brother connected via USB to the G5, then you should install Bonjour for Windows on the wife's laptop. This will help with finding the printer share. Of course, you need to ensure Printer Sharing is enabled in System Preferences > Sharing and that the Brother share is enabled.
With regards to getting the laptop to see the shares on the Mac, one setting that can influence this success is the workgroup name. If you open the System Preferences > Network pane and select the Advanced tab for whatever connection the G5 is using on your network, the WINS tab will show the workgroup name set in the Mac. Usually this will be 'workgroup', which is usually what Windows will use, however the Home version of XP will have its workgroup name set as MSHOME. So, if you can change this workgroup name on either computer if they are different, then this can help with finding each other.
With regards to the connection from a PC to the Mac, you can use the Explorer application (not IE Explorer). On the laptop, open My Computer and in the Address bar (you may need to enable this by selecting View > Toolbars > Address Bar) type \\ipaddress_ofMac , for example \\192.168.0.10. If you do have SMB sharing enabled, which by your post it did sound like you did, then the Public folder and any other folder you have shared should now appear.
If connecting to the Mac from the PC now works, then Bonjour for Windows should find the shared printer.
If the above doesn't work could you confirm the IP address and subnet mask of the PC and Mac.
Pahu

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