Printing from my Mac to a Windows Vista printer

Hi, I'm trying to print from my mac to an Epson Stylus SX200 installed on my Vista PC. I have a wired network and printer sharing on etc but am getting in a right mess trying to get it all working. ]
Can someone please go step by step on how to set this up please, especially with the smb codes which I'm not sure i'm doing right.
Many thanks

Install Bonjour on your Windows PC:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/BonjourforWindows

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