Vista to Epson Printer on a MacBook via Bonjour

I am trying to connect a Windows Vista computer, via Bonjour to allow it to connect to my Macbook to share its Epson Printer. The bonjour configuration goes through, detects the printer on the mac and connects as if all is fine, yet nothing happens when I send a doc to print from the Windows computer.
Did I miss something?

Hi Kelly,
As someone who has to print from my Mac to a networked printer at home all the time, I can certainly understand how frustrating it must be to have that fail to perform as expected. Let's see if we can get you up and running.
I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
OS X Yosemite: Printing troubleshooting
Start with the section titled Check the network.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Sincerely,
Brett L

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Sincerely,
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