Printing to a Printer connected to a Windows PC no longer works

I have been printing to an HP LaserJet 6L Printer connected to a Windows XP PC for quite some time now. But now when I try to print I get this error:
Connection Failed with error
NTSTATUSUNSUCCESSFUL
My Mac is running Tiger 10.4.11 and is up-to-date with patches.
My PC is setup for file and printer sharing. And when I right click on my printer on my Windows XP PC, I see that it is enabled for sharing.
I am only running the Windows firewall and the ports are open for file and print sharing.
I know that my Mac and PC can talk to each other. I can use my Mac to mount a Windows samba share and view pictures stored on my PC.
I have not opened up any ports on my Mac running Tiger. I have never needed to in the past to print to a printer connected to a Windows PC.
But why is my printing no longer working?
Any ideas?

I tried turning off the Mac firewall. It made no difference.
I also tried to delete and re-add the Windows Printer. The Mac Printer setup Utility shows the Workgroup and Computer Name. But when I try to add the printer, it asks for a username and password. Originally my account on the Windows PC had no password, so I just entered the username with no password. No luck. So I added a password to the Windows user account and tried again no luck.
I also tried using the ADVANCED approach (via holding down the Option Key when you click on More Printers) and manually adding the samba printer. No luck.
I suspect the last Security Update to Tiger broke samba printing.
I really don't won't to go the static IP approach but I may have to. Any other ideas?
RobK.
P.S. I do not have any special characters or spaces in my username, workgroup name or printer sharename.

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