Postscript code printed instead of document

I've set up a printer on windows XP (it happens to be an HP laserjet 1100A, but I don't think that is the problem). I set it up for sharing and it prints perfectly.
I connect from my ibook through wi-fi. When I add a printer it discovers the windows printer and appears to set it all up correctly.
However, when I print a document (from MS-Word), I get the postscript code printed literally (lots of %% and postscript information) instead of the document.
It looks to me as if the ibook is sending the document as postscript, but the windows driver is interpreting it as plain text.
How do I fix it?

Network printing/Windows printing only works with a driver that was meant for network printing. To use the OS X built-in CUPS network choices, you need a CUPS driver. For postscript printers, it's not an issue, because postscript is the native output of OS X, and can easily be routed to the various choices in Printer Setup.
Non-postscript printers are Very Different. Except for Brother, no manufacturer has provided CUPS drivers. Instead, what you get are Carbonized, OS9 legacy drivers, that have the comm protocol written into the driver (mostly USB). They can only print via local connection.
Short version - the HP-provided driver doesn't work for network printing.
In your case, OS X includes a suitable CUPS driver: For printer model, choose HP Laserjet 4 Series, Gimp-Print.
Read about it here:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/showprinter.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet1100A

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