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There could be slight variations with differet releases of Windows. Mine looked like this: usb://HEWLETT-PACKARD/DESKJET%20970C?serial=xxxxxxxxxxxx(actual serial number blocked)You are done setting up the printer on the Mac. It should have the make and model of your printer along with a serial number. Notice that the Device URI is different for the new printer you created. Click "Printers" at the top of the page to see all your printers. I had a few options, one of which was "HP New DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)".

Click "Continue" and choose the model/driver for your printer.

Click "Continue" and choose the make of your printer from the list.

Click "Continue" and choose your printer from the Device list.

Give it a name that differs from your current printer setup give it a location that makes sense (may be optional) give it a description (I used "970cse for Windows"). Editing the existing printer will render it unusable to the Mac.

Instead, create a second printer for Windows to use. This is the CUPS printer administration tool. Restart CUPS so it takes your changes: % sudo killall -1 cupsd.Also uncomment the following line towards the end of the mime.types file: #application/octet-stream.Use a text editor to uncomment the following line towards the end of the nvs file (by removing the # sign): #application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -I usually use pico as the editor, as it is fairly self explanitory ( sudo pico nvs).

% sudo cp mime.types will have to supply your password for sudo to work.

Make backups of the nvs and mime.types files: % sudo cp nvs.

Open Terminal and change to the /etc/cups/ directory.

Turn on Printer Sharing in the System Preferences Sharing panel.

Read the rest of the article for the how-to. Essentially, you don't use Samba at all, just CUPS. Your mileage may vary with other types of printers. I have finally succeeded in getting my Windows 2000 PC to print to my HP Deskjet 970 which is attached to my iMac.