Using a pc printer through wireless

Hi,
My friend has a g4tower set up on an ethernet bridge connecting wirelessly to a pc internet connection.
The pc has a printer.
Can my friend use that printer?
THanks for any info.

Thanks for the message.
I didn't use the LAN port of the base station to connect Mac mini.
My connection is
<pre>
ADSL Router
|
Switching Hub
|- Mac mini
| \
| PM-890C (Printer)
|- Airport (nothing connected to the LAN-double arrow port)
Power book (NAT Address)
</pre>
The printer is setup shared in the system pref. in Mac mini.
If the PowerBook is cabled to the same range of network of Mac mini, the shared printer appears in the list of printers.
But I doesn't appear when PowerBook is wirelessly connected.
I tried IPP and LPD printing. Although I could see the Mac mini received the printing spool from PowerBook when I tried to print via LPD protocol, but it didn't print. (actually there is no GIMP driver for PM-890C, so I used PM-880C one.)
The other question...
There is a setting "enable Remote printing" in "base station option" in Airport admin tool, what does this do?
Thanks in advance.
PowerBook G4 1.5Hz   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   Mac mini

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