Error connecting to printer via Samba

[David R. Litwin]

I'm trying to print to my printer from Debian. The printer (an HP DeskJet 842C) is connected to the main computer which uses Windows XP Pro.  I downloaded and installed the HPIJS driver from the HP sourceforge web-site. I now go to http://localhost:631 so that I can set up the printer and use it.

I think the probem is less the error I got (Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds ...) and more I don't know what the URI of the printer is. Or that I'm just a fool.

Here is what I did to set up the printer.

It asks for the name, location and description. I filled out HPDeskJet842C, Kitchen and HPDeskJet842C respectively.
Next, it asks for the device. I choose the option Windows Printer via SAMBA.
It then asks for the device URI. Here, I bellieve is the trouble. What is it? The Workgroup is WORKGROUP The main computer's name is LITWIN and the printer is HPDeskJet842C. So, I put in smb://LITWIN/HPDeskJet842C.
I then select the make and model. That's it.

I clicky then on Print Test Page.

It says Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
"Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..."

What have I done wrong?

Thanks kindly.

Post Scriptum: I've googled a plenty and for many months. I still can't figure out how to do this. It seems to be some thing that is highly difficult for some reason.

Ta.

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