Printing from a Windows Machine (having problems)

So I have read all the tutorials and what not that is out there and I am still having problems.
First off, I have my Canon MP610 hooked up to my Win XP desktop. I went through and set up my wifes laptop (Win XP as well) so it can print and had no problems.
I then wanted to let my MacBook print on it as well, this is where the problems starting happening. These are the steps that I went through to set up the printer on the MacBook
Application->Utilities->Printer Setup Utility
Add
More Printers (while holding option)
Device: Windows Printer via SAMBA
Device Name: Canon MP610
Device URL: smb://host/printername (smb://mycomputersname/p)
Printer Model: Canon PIXMA MP610 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.1.7 (newest version available from Gimp-Print)
Add
When I try printing, I get this (Gutenprint Printing page 1, 15%) for about a minute. Then after that stays on for a while it comes up with (NTSTATUS_ACCESSDENIED), and after that stays up for a while I get (Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds....ERROR: Connection failed with error)
The weird thing about that is I was able to set up a file sharing connection between my desktop and my MacBook.
I have gone into Terminal and did smbclient -NL ipofdesktop and I see the printer on the list...
I checked in System Profiler under Hardware->Printers and it is there saying
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 10.4
Default: Yes
URL: smb://desktopname/p
PPD: Canon PIXMA MP610 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.1.7
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (2000.0) 1
Thats all the information that I can think of that would be important...
Any help would be greatly appreciated (and if you need any more info, just let me know.)

Ok, the problem was that I was just being really slow...I was looking under the wrong Workgroup in Network Neighborhood...I got it and its working, sorry for wasting your time, and thanks for your help...
Though I did look at that tutorial before...I just took a look with fresh eyes...to catch it, but if it wasn't for that tutorial I wouldn't have thought to...
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