Windows wireless network printing

I have a windows wireless XP network with multiple PCs which all print to a single HP Deskjet 5650 printer connected to one of the PCs via USB. I also have a new Powerbook G4 (V 10.4) which talks to the network with no problem. I can connect to the internet and view shared files on the PCs. But I can't print. I have downloaded and installed Ghostscript V7.07.1 and HPIJS V 2.0.2.
The correct driver shows up in printer setup utility and the system allows me to configure it as a windows printer. But when I try to print to it, I get an error "unable to connect to SAMBA host, will try again in 60 sec..." What is the problem?

Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
Otherwise try this method, which though for 10.3
should also work for 10.4
Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.3.x (alternative method)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3009.html
iFelix
I appreciated your answer to the question posed by another person, and I thought it would work for me. I went through the whole process, but no luck at the end. The only variables, I think, are that I'm working with the new MacBook Pro on one end, and the HP LaserJet 1220 on the other, with a Dell notebook in the middle, attached to the printer and running on the wireless network. The MacBook also works on the same wireless network and can see the Dell and the printer, but I can't get anything to print from the MacBook. Any idea what's wrong? Incidentally, the same LaserJet does print well when I attach it directly to the MacBook via USB.
Thanks for any tips.
Doug

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