Printing from WIN XP to MAC OS X using Bonjour

Hi,
I am trying to Print to my Powerbook using bonjour, with the printer connected to a WIN XP machine. I downloaded WIN Bonjour and installed it, but it seems as if this is more for people who have the printer connected to the MAC. Is there a way that I can keep my printer connected to my PC, and print on my MAC?
I should mention that I have a CANON i560 and that Canon's drivers for the MAC don't seem to work for the printer. I print over the network and the text is shrunk, which is a driver issue. Is there any way to make Bonjour work with my PC?

No you can't use Bonjour and the usual process won't work with the Canon drivers.
Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running 10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
However the Canon drivers usually don't work across a network in this way.
It should work with the PrintFab Drivers (but these cost).
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