Sharing printers and files in a windows network with Mac OS 9.1

We've just installed an old iMac with Mac OS 9.1 in the office.The network is made up of 2 windows PCs and this new iMac, connected through a D-link wireless router. We have a USB printer connected to one of the PC's and it's shared by the rest.
Anyway, I have very little experience with Mac OS and I want the iMac to use the printer as well as share files with the other PCs. Could anyone help me with a "foolproof" guide on how to do this? Thanks

Followup:
indeed, 10.6 uses ntfs streams when availible to store metadata.
for a workaround:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/m an5/nsmb.conf.5.html
create
/etc/nsmb.conf
contents:
\[default\]
streams=no
close all server connections, reconnect.
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