Printer sharing question

I have an HP Laserjet 3020 all-in-one device directly connected to a desktop running XP Pro. I also have a new laptop on my home network running Windows 7 home premium. HP tells me I cannot print to the shared LJ 3020 over the network because the printer is not forward compatible. In other words, the printer has to be connected to the latest OS. You cant print from a newer OS to a printer shared on an older OS.
Two questions: Is this accurate info? and if it is, Will Network Magic solve this issue so I can print from the Windows 7 laptop to a shared printer on an XP Pro desktop?
Thanks for your help.

Hi Mike208,
That's wrong. The problem is that you don't have Windows 7 Network and Sharing Center properly configured. You need to configure the Public Profile because you have mixed operating systems on your network.
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This is my first post so please bear with me. I've been searching the archives for a similar problem but couldn't find anything that helps.
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