AirPort Express ip address acts "busy" when printing

I am no longer able to print through my AirPort Express USB port after up-dating my OS X to 10.4.2 and my AirPort Express to V6.2.
Whenever I send a Print command to Office-AirPort, it seems to process and send, but I keep getting the message,
Network host 192.168.0.100 busy; will retry in xx seconds
Ive got a D-Link DI-784 802.11a/g router running DHCP @ 192.168.0.1 and two AirPort Expresses, one is my print server named Office-AirPort, at 192.168.0.100 (connected via USB/parallel to my HP LaserJet 4M printer) and the other is named Living-Room at 192.168.0.101 (used to stream iTunes to my stereo).
I am using HP LaserJet 4M Foomatic/hpjis and a USB to parallel cable. Gimp and/or Foomatic printing used to work fine (in combination with Rendezvous I think) to both my large format HP 450C and my LaserJet 4M prior to yesterdays software upgrades.
Now, it does not seem to matter how I add the printer via the Advanced dialogue (via option-clicking on More Printers button), i.e.- AppSocket/HP JetDirect vs. IPP vs. Bonjour registered printer
The queue name seems to have a mind of its own in the non-advanced dialoguealways pulling the name from the Name: field and adding underscores no matter what I enter in the Queue: edit field.
Ive double checked the device name registered in my router and it looks ok, Office-AirPort, but are there official queue names and device names I should be using in the non-advanced and/or advanced dialogue boxes? Where do I find these official names?
If I remember correctly, I think my printers use to show up as Rendezvous options, but I have no idea how the new corresponding Bonjour registered printer settings work (?, mdns://192.168.0.100 still acts busy)
Why doesnt Bonjour help me out?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Yep,
Option+Clicking on the "plus" sign to add a printer in the "Print & Fax" system preferences dialogue box deletes all existing queues and jobs and resets the printing system.
I must have done this 20 times to no avail.
I have also added various printers and sent prints to my other ("Living-Room") AirPort Express at 192.168.0.101 (w/ no printer attached) and get the same "busy" error.
I have changed the AE's ip address to other static addresses but this also, does not work.
I have "restarted", unplugged and "hard" reseted multiple times, again....same error.
Is this a CUPS issue?
How/why must both the hpjis and ESP Gostscript drivers be installed? I downloaded and "installed" both but I've only been "adding" the HP LaserJet 4M Foomatic/hpjis driver. I see that there is a list of other ESP drivers including what looks like a generic HP LaserJet that I have tried, but It does not seem to make any difference. I do not see a "Gostscript" whatchamadinger anywhere and cannot seem to figure out how/why this (postscript?)component is necessary.
A brief look at other posts seems to indicate other various 10.4.2 plus AirPort V6.2 problems....am I wrong?
Are there some Unix tweaks/commands I can use to see what "traffic" is "occupying" my AirPort's ip address or why it is "busy" or change its pseudo-busy status?
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