Windows Vista Printer Sharing - Error: 256

I am trying to share an Epson CX4800 printer that is connected to my Vista PC with my iMac. When I try to add the printer from my iMac using Windows Printing, I can see the Vista machine. I select it and enter the username and password and receive the following error, "Unable to connect to server with the provided password and user name. Error: 256".
I am able to mount my Vista Public drive and share files. Why can't I share the printers?
Thanks.

I found my answer at this web post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6819799
the post by Hade tells how to add an "advance button" to the add printer window
then you use this button to add a windows printer using
smb://user:password@workgroup/computer/printer
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