Printing from pc laptop over wireless network

Hi,
I have been successful getting my mac to see my wife's xp pro laptop and the laptop sees the mac. I installed the canon i960 driver on the laptop but can't get it to print.
If I open the i960 q on the mac and send a file from the laptop nothing happens. If i send a file from the mac it shows up. Withe the q on hold and the mac file showing I send a file from the laptop and it shows in the q. If i resume printing the mac file will print but the laptop file just disappears.
If there is nothing in the q on the mac side the laptop file will not show up. when it does show up along with the mac file it does not print.
I can see the q on the lap top as on the the mac. I also get a general message that the laptop cannot communicate with the printer
Driver problem?
baffles me.
thanks

Have a look at this guide if you are running 10.4
Printing to a printer on a Mac running 10.4.x from a Windows PC using Bonjour for Windows
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3014.html
otherwise
Printing to a printer on a Mac from a PC running Windows XP
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3000.html
Important note:
If the printer attached to the Mac is a black and white printer you need to use the Apple Laserwriter driver regardless of which printer you actually have.
So if you have a black and white laser printer, you should use the Apple Laserwriter driver.
If the printer attached is a colour printer use the Apple Color Laserwriter driver regardless of which printer you actually have.
So if you have a colour inkjet printer, you should use the Apple Color Laserwriter driver.

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