Trying to share a share a printer wirelessly with a Windows PC

Let me start by saying, I have almost no experience using Apple computing products. So assume I know nothing.
I have a printer connected to my PC at the office. A friend is going to be sharing my office and she uses an Apple iBook running OS X 10.4.6. I have successfully connected the iBook to my wireless network. Is there a way to get it to print to the printer? If so, how do I go about it?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Thanks for the tips. I am having trouble finding my workgroup on the iBook. I completed all the steps prior to that. But under Windows Printing/Workgroup, there is nothing. Any ideas on how to proceed? I set up the network on my XP machine using the Network Setup Wizard and it said it completed successfully. Is there anything I need to do within OS X to have it recognize my workgroup? Do the two computers have to be physically connected in any way?
Thanks again for any help you can provide.

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