Installing HP Color Laserjet 1600 drivers

Im not technical by any stretch of the imagination, but through trawling the internet I have managed to get my HP Color Laserjet 1600 printer working in Mavericks 10.9.1. Given it's not support by HP any more, I thought I would share in case anyone else might find it useful.
I'm sure there are better ways to install these things than I have done, but I'm just going to describe what I did - hey it works, so I don't mind!
Firstly, install Xcode from the Mac App Store.
In a Terminal Window, install Homebrew by copying and pasting the following:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"
Install wget and gnu-sed by copying and pasting the below into a Terminal Window, one line at a time.
brew install wget
brew install gnu-sed
Download and installed Ghostscript, Foomatic RIP and HIPJS for Mac OS X.
Enter the following in Terminal
wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
tar zxf foo2zjs.tar.gz
cd foo2zjs
make
./getweb 1600
sudo make install
sudo make cups
cupsctl WebInterface=yes
Then, open up a CUPS web interface at: http://localhost:631
Then add a printer by clicking on Adding Printers and Classes and then Add Printer.
Enter your Mac OS X user name (must be an administrator) and your password.
Select the printer and click the submit button. My printer was connected with a USB cable and was in the list automatically.
Enter a name and description and submit the form again.
Select HP
Select HP Color LaserJet 1600 Foomatic/foo2hp (en)
Click on Add Printer
Set Color Mode to Color and Bits Per Plane to 1 Bits Per Plane.
Submit.
Done!
All credit to Florian

Great instructions thanks!
I am getting an error during any print (test print too) saying:
You need to install software to use this printer. To install the software, choose Software Update from the Apple menu. If the software for your printer isn’t available in Software Update, contact the manufacturer of your printer.
I tried uninstalling the foo2hp drivers (make uninstall) and reinstalled but no luck.
Any suggestions?
OSX: 10.9.3

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