Trying to connect new MacBook Air to printer (Canon MF4570dn)attached to my PC

I have a new MacBook Air and I am trying to set it up to print to a Canon MF4570dn hooked up via USB to my PC. I have file and printer sharing turned on. The MacBook can see the workgroup --> computer --> printer name. I have tried using Canon's print drivers and generic PCL to no avail. With the former, I get "filter' failed and with the latter, everything seems to work when I look in the printer status (shows that it is waiting to print and then just disappears (as if it has finished printing) - but no printout.
Network is avilable.

Hi LindaH51,
If you are having an issue connecting to a shared printer from your MacBook Air, you may find the following article helpful:
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