Windows 7 PC cannot recognize shared printer on iMac

My son's Windows 7 PC cannot recognize the Samsung shared printer on my iMac.  Does anyone know how to rectify this?  Printer sharing is turned on and my wife's iMac can connect and print on it just fine.  This printer is not a networkable printer (I think) but it seems to share through my iMac fine with other Apple computers.

Might try Bonjour for Windows...
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999

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