PC as a Printer Server Question

Hello,
I am trying to set up my home PC to be used as a printer server for my Mac. I have two regular Laptop's already using it as a wireless print server through a Windows Network.
I used this article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3049 for assistance and it got it working. When I tried to print, it printed this message on the paper
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%APLDSCENCODING: UTF8
%APLProducer: (Version 10.5.5 (Build 9F33)
and then it continue to feed blank pages through the printer. The only thing I could think that is wrong is I used the Generic PostScript Printer option in the "Print Using" row from the instructions on the tech article. I would have used the supplied drivers by Apple but I deleted them to save space thinking that I would not need them for anything.....Wrong: )
Let me know what you think!
Thanks for your help
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Try the gutenprint drivers.

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