Share printer connected to apple to windows xp

Hello,
I'd like to share my HP printer that is connected to my apple computer(10.4.2) to my pc that is running windows xp. I have enabled printer sharing and windows sharing in my apple.
The instruction that I get from apple web:
To print to your printer using SMB/CIFS, Windows users must configure an SMB/CIFS network printer and use the Postscript printer driver, even if the printer isn't a Postscript printer. Your Mac will translate the Postscript code into code the printer can understand. Have the Windows users see their Windows documentation for information on adding a network printer.
Can someone translate that to plain english for me?
thanks a bunch!

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3012.html
You need to use a postscript driver on Windows so that you send postscript to the Mac printer queue - this is what mac printer queues expect, because all print commands on the Mac produce postscript.

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