HP Photosmart C3180 All-In-One will not scan

I did a clean install of Snow Leopard on my iMac. At the end, it prompted me to download updated drivers for my printer/scanner/copier. I clicked "OK" and let it run.
I can print without any problems. But the machine will no longer scan. My computer doesn't recognize there being any scanner installed, either. I have tried running other updates, including the HP drivers/software update released on Apple's site on Sept 21.
I have also tried running the drivers installation from HP's site for Snow Leopard.
Apple's and HP's support both say that the drivers are all built in to Snow Leopard, and to use Image Capture or Preview instead of the HP programs to do a scan.
In short, nothing's solving my problem.
Has anyone found any solutions to get your machine to scan again?

I think I found a solution, or a workaround at best.
I used OmniDisk Sweeper to remove ALL printer drivers/software from my machine. I then ran Software Update in OS X 10.6.1. It downloaded and installed the drivers for Snow Leopard.
I can now scan in Image Capture, and saves the file as a JPEG. I still cannot scan via Adobe Acrobat Pro without it crashing Acrobat. I suppose I can bring files in as JPGs into Photoshop and save them out as PDFs until HP comes up with a real set of drivers and software suite that restores functionality to what it was before Snow Leopard came along.
Hope this helps other people struggling with HP and Snow Leopard for the time being.

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