Trouble printing to shared Win printer

At work there is an Oki C3200 laser printer connected via USB to an XP machine. I set my MacBook Pro running 10.6 to the same workgroup as the windows computer (via WINS tab of the Network pref pane) and set the printer as shared. My mac connects to this network wirelessly and has full signal strength and Internet access. I try to add the Oki printer by adding a new printer in the pref pane, selecting Windows, and selecting the correct workgroup name, computer name, and printer share name. Ultimately I can not print. Perhaps I am choosing the wrong driver (I pick the generic laser printer). The error on the printer's screen says "invalid data or timed out." Any ideas?

Printer model: hp envy 5530, operating system: Windows 8.1. Trouble shooter didn't find any actual errors, it had me unplug everything (router, printer) and restart my computer, it had me re-install my printer which i did successfully, it had me verify that my computer and printer were connected to the same network (which they were). It had me verify that wasn't another network near by with the same name (which there wasn't) and also it had me test print for connection directly from the printer and everything printed saying it passed....

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