Printing Problems - HP over Wifi

Hi
Firstly, I'm new to Macs, having worked with PC's all my life.
I have a HP PSC 2350 printer, connected to a windows XP PC via USB that is shared. I'm able to print to this printer from other PC's in the house over my wireless network.
I have a new Macbook Pro that I'm trying to connect to the same printer. I've added the printer to the Macbook via Print and Fax, selecting the windows option, and going through Workgroup and selecting my windows PC and then selecting HP.
However, this particular model of printer is not listed in the drivers list and attempts to download a suitable driver have failed, selecting other HP drivers does not allow me to print to this printer.
So, I can select the printer, but it does not print.
Any help apprecaited, as this frustrating the heck out of me!
Thanks!
Lesley
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