Airport Express USB Printer Visible, but Not Printing

I've connected my printer (HPc7260) to my Airport Express. It is visible on the network. But print jobs get stopped and the print utility says the printer is offline.
Any thoughts?
+This question is also posted in follow up to a thread I started earlier, which was answered helpfully by Duane (thread: How Setup Airport Express for Wireless Printing to HP Photosmart C7280) Sorry for redundancy and clutter. I hadn't followed up on the old thread for a few days. Thought it might not get another response.+

Solved.
A restart, followed by reselecting the printer in the print dialog got the job done.

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