Sharing a printer with a Windows box usually requres Samba.
In this tutorial, I will show you howto do it, without.
On your PCLinuxOS print server
1) Install your printer normally using the PCLinuxOS Control Center
2) Make sure “cups” in PCC > System > Configure system services is set to start on boot.
3) Open up the
4) Activate Administrator Mode, and goto Print Server > Configure Print Server > Browsing > Browsing Addresses
5) Click Add, and set the type to Allow. Enter the range of your network computers. You can enter a wildcard mask into the first box like 192.168.1.*
6) Goto Print Server > Restart print server to restart everything and apply your new changes
On your Windows clients
1) Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Add Printer > Network Printer
2) Enter the url as http://yourprintserversname:631/printers/printername
You should have a wonderful Samba-less printer now 
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