Sharing Photosmart 7960 from Windows 7 to XP

Hello,
I have a Photosmart 7960 connected to a Windows 7 x86 PC. I would like to share it with an XP computer, but I cannot locate an installable driver on for the Windows 7 computer that can be downloaded to the XP machine at installation time. Can anyone tell me how to share this printer from Windows 7 to XP?
Thanks,
Larry

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