Sharing a printer Mac printer with a Vista PC

I would like some assistance with sharing my printer between an iMac and a Vista PC.  My printer is directly connected to the iMac and both computers are quite happily talking to each other on the network via the router (the iMac is wirelessly connected to the router and the PC is connected via Ethernet).
I have both computers on the same WORKGROUP.  I have printer sharing set on the iMac and on the PC Network settings.  I have been through the 'Add a printer...' wizard on the PC but it does not bring up the network printer attached to the iMac after it's search - it just says no printers found.
I have tried doing it manually and searching for the printer but I can't find it.
I'm running Mac OS X Mountain Lion (latest updates) and Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 2 and all latest updates installed.
I have had this set up working the other way round, printer connected to PC by USB and the iMac connects to it remotely with no problems.  I suppose I'm just missing something obvious but any help will be gratefully received.

Hi
Thanks for the info about Bonjour.  I did manage to download this and eventually got it started and running.  I was then able to 'see' the printer attached to the Mac.  However, it will not print from Windows.
Sometimes it goes through the motions and a document ends up in the print queue - the printer then starts up and spits out a blank page.  Other times it tells me there are no printers available and I have to run the print wizard again.  I've tried printing from Word, from the net and from a PDF, also from Memory Map - which is the application I wish to use this for, but nothing works - in fact Memory Map tells me there are no printers available at all.
Does this only work with relatively new printers?  Mine is about 4 or 5 years old - Canon IP4700.
Thanks for your help anyway.
Donna

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