Printing using printer on Windows XP machine

Hi there,
Am having some problems setting up my macbook to print using the Epson DX9400f attached to my mum's pc (running Windows XP).
I have the printer drivers installed on here, and when we plugged the printer into my macbook it worked fine.
I've tried using SAMBA in the advanced pane, but whenever I try and print it either pauses the printer, or comes up with a CIFS host error message (couldn't find many solutions to this problem).
I'm not sure if I'm getting the SAMBA address wrong - most of the advice seems to need the windows username and password, but mum's pc doesn't have a password (could that bbe a problem?).
I know the IP address of the computer, but the printer doesn't have one as it's connected via USB to the pc.
If I try adding the printer using the Windows button, the workgroup appears but nothing else (any solutions?), so that's not much help.
I can file share with the pc no problems, but this printing is doing my head in and it would be useful to have as I have a masters to print off soon, and don't want to keep transferring things to her machine in order to print.
Any suggestions?
Apologies for the mass of information,
Cheers.

Hello Cate_B and welcome to Apple Discussions.
The CIFS host error message is often a result of the Mac not being able to resolve the Windows computer name. This would be confirmed by the fact that when you selected Add Printer > Windows, your mums computer did not appear after selecting the workgroup. A solution could be to check what workgroup name is set in her Windows and ensure your Mac is set to the same workgroup name (set via the WINS section of the Advanced network settings.
For an easier fix you could try the SAMBA method again, but this time I suggest you try the following syntax.
smb://IP Address of Mums Computer/Sharename
Some other things to check...
1. Make sure the printer is shared by mums computer and ensure a guest can access it.
2. Ensure the share name is short (about 8 characters) and contains no spaces.
3. Check that your Epson driver will work when shared by a PC. Some Mac printer drivers will only work when connected directly to the Mac via USB (this is the case with a number of Canon drivers). In this case, you need to use an alternate driver based on CUPS, such as the Gutenprint driver set. These will work across a network and a cross-platform share.
Hope this helps you...
Pahu

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