Problems with Leopard printing to Windows XP

When I tried to set up printer sharing (Printer connected to a Windows XP PC, trying to print from a Mac), it installs the printer with the proper drivers and everything seems to be working properly, but when I try to print from any application, it says "Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..."
And it never does print. I've tried rebooting, and "Print Services for Unix" are installed and enabled on the Windows XP PC.
I am able to print from the Windows XP partition on my Mac Pro, and any other PC.
I didn't used to have this problem. In fact, it worked for the first week.
*NOTE: All firewalls and protection software is turned off on all computers.*

Which printer do you have?
Can you print if the printer is connected directly to the Mac?
Can you think what may have changed (either on the PC or the Mac)?
iFelix

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