Print sharing Ubuntu & Mac OS X

Hello everyone!
I need some help from the experts! I have an hp LaserJet connected to a PC running Ubuntu. Printer works with the PC, and I just made it available to the network. Then I went to a Mac and tried to reach it via CUPS, but probably I'm skipping a step somewhere. I'm trying to reach it with the IP address of the ubuntu computer and pointing to port 631. However it can not reach the server. It's says access is denied.
Can someone please tell me what is missing and whether I should change the cups.conf file in both computers?
Thanks!
MiniMac Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Thank you Greg,
Unfortunately I don't habe a KDE printer wizard, so I went to modify the cupsd.conf according to two sources that I found on the web:
http://linuxprinting.org/~till/printing-tutorial/tut.html
However, whenever I do that change, the printer stops working on Ubuntu, and of course then it is not recognized by the Mac neither. That happens irrespectivly whether I restart the CUPS daemon or not.
Anyway, with the original cups.conf it works just fine for the ubuntu... But I'm not able to see it on the Mac.
I'm really confused now, I don't understand why the changes in the cups.conf prevents the local machine to recognize the printer.
Thanks again!
MiniMac Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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