Trouble Connecting My Printer...

Hello everyone. I have been using my Mac mini for a good three weeks now, and am enjoying it. I just need to learn how to print wirelessly from my Mac, to my Lexmark Optra Ep printer that is hooked up to my downstairs PC. It is not USB. Sorry for the lack of technical terminology, but it is one of those "old-school" printers that plug into those big ports on the back of your PC.
The printer is completely networked: so I can print to there, from any Windows desktop or laptop PC in the house.
I've been through the manual for the Mac mini, but that wasn't too helpful.
The Mac mini can't seem to detect my printer. I'm not even sure if it is fully supported. Please help.
Thanks,
Vikram

System Preferences > Printing. Click the + button on the left side of the Printing prefs pane.
This will call up the printer browser, where you can enter the location, IP address, etc.
Lexmark drivers are included in the default installation of Mac OS X. I have no idea if they include a driver for your model, but it should be on Lexmark's site if not.

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I understand that you are experiencing issues when trying to configure your HP Photosmart C4795 All-in-One Printer for wireless printing with your Mac OS X 10.9.5 computer. I would like to work with you today with resolving this network connectivity issue. Now, just so you are aware, HP actually doesn't have a downloadable Full Feature Software and Driver package available for your model of printer on the Mac OS X 10.9 Operating System due to the age of your printer. Therefore, we will be relying on your Apple Updates to load all the software and drivers onto your Mac computer for you printer. Also, because there is no HP downloadable Full Feature Software and Drivers there is no wireless setup for your Mac computer. Therefore, you have two options:
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