The easiest solution here is DAVE by Thursby Software <http://www.thursby.com/products/dave-eval.html>. It ain't cheap by any means, but it is very good at what it does. It runs on the Mac and allows the Mac to share printers and files with Windows machines, and access files and printers on Windows machines. The only limitation is that DAVE can only access PostScript printers on Windows machines, however, Windows machines can access any printer on the Mac side. There are various Windows programs that basically do the same thing, but I haven't had any experience with them.
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