Wierd issue trying to print from Win 7 - Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Server

Hey guys,
I've set up a printer queue to share a Brother 4040-CDN printer. I "think" I've set everything up correctly as I can print from Mac-to-Mac without any problems.
However, when I try to print from a Windows 7 client something really weird happens. I CAN'T print from any application (Word, notepad, adobe, etc) but I CAN print a printer test page.
I've checked the logs and its showing the printer test page, obviously, but there's nothing in there when I try printing from any other application - not even an error message from as far as I can see.
Ideas?

I'm hoping to enforce a print quota on it later, thus the need to share it through the server.
I've tried using IPP and LPR to print to the printer from the queue.
I've got it shared via IPP, SMB, and LPD.
To install the printer on the Windows 7 machines I browse to the server (\\server) and I then double click on the printer (br4040_r). Windows then proceeds to ask me to pick the driver to install. I pick the brother 4040-cdn series driver and Windows finishes installing it. It then asks me to print a test page, I say yes and the test page prints out fine. If I then try to print from notepad or something the print job never ends up making it to the print queue.

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