Wireless Print Share with Apple Laptop [80% visible]

I have a home pc which is running xp. Connected to that PC is a canon iP3000 photo printer. Everything works great from the PC as far as printing. I have also 2 macbooks, neither of which seem to print properly to the iP3000.
I shared the printer from the XP machine. I went to system preferences and added the printer from the macbooks, by choosing other printers, selecting MShome group, logging in and there is the printer on the list.
Problem is when it asks for the driver.
1. generic - choose this and the data light just blinks.
2. Canon - choose any of the ones listed [a good 20+] and it prints either stretched, or zoomed out such that you see the entire page in the top left 1/4 of the page.
Anyone experience this?
I dont see my specific printer in the canon list, but how would i add that?
The driver is also installed locally on teh macbooks and the printer works if you plug it into them, but i want wireless sharing.
Any advise is appreciated

It should work with the printfab printer drivers
http://www.printfab.net/
Note these cost.
The problem arises as the Canon Mac printer drivers will not work when you share a printer in this manner.

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