Bonjour saves the day

Please consider this an experience worth relating.
First the hardware:
Dell Inspiron N5110, 6 Gig memory
HP laserjet 1300 printer circa 2003
First generation Airport extreme
Intel core i5
Next the software:
Microsoft Windows 7, -64 bit
Airport 5.7
History:
For the past 7 years I have had a home network consisting of an AirPort router, 2 PC and a MAC all of which worked great! Both the PCs (Windows XP) and a MAC OS X could get to the Internet and print wirelessly. On July 18, 2011 I received a new PC (described above) and the fun started.
Problem:
Several hardware defects came with the PC from Dell. Several were fixed while others were not or returned. The greatest problem was that the laserjet 1300 printer could not be installed to operate through the wireless system. Windows 7 will autoconfigure it as a wired printer to the PC but not wirelessly to the network.
Hopeless attempts at solutions:
Every day from July 18 until August 19, 2011 I spent hours on the standard fixes. HP had a dedicated laserjet 1300 driver which I tried to assign to many different ports to no avail. July 11 they introduced a Windows 7 64 bit Universal print driver which I could not install properly. I even paid 2 local companies to give it a try for $160 without luck. Dell put me on a software contractor who charged me $240.00 with the guarantee they would fix it. For several hours I watched them try to remotely configure the PC to no avail. They did the same things I was doing with far too many wasted steps. They got tired of listening to me tell them what I had already done and what they were not doing properly so they hung up but kept working remotely. As one can imagine, I have had numerous phone conversations with Dell, Microsoft and HP technicians. Dell and Microsoft wanted to charge $$$ to work on a 3 rd party printer. HP would not speak with me because, they "do not support old (7 years) printers". On August 19 I was about to purchase a new printer when I had a rare flash of imagination . I had had word-of-mouth communication about Apple's "Bonjour for Windows".
So, here is what happened to remedy the situation:
I went to Apple.com and searched for Bonjour for Windows. The downloaded package installs the Bonjour Printer Wizard in "\Program Files\Bonjour Print Services" and creates a shortcut on the Desktop. The program looks for your printer, identifies it and then asks you to press the "Finish" button. Once you do so, the window disappears and you feel as if you have accomplished nothing. As far as I can tell, I could not find any documentation to help me get my HP printer discovered on the wireless network. I tried 10 times and then went back to Window's " Devices and Printers" site. I found a new standard TPC/IP port for the correct printer and ten copies of the correct driver . After I reduced the number of copies to one, I tried to print from the Laserjet 1300 with success.
If you are having the same problems that I have had for a solid month go to http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999, download the software and have at it.

Bonjour did not solve my problem but led me to the solution!
After following several links from Bonjour, I was instructed to check my "server". Now there are several/many "servers" so by elimination, I got down to the Airport "server" which in my case is an eMac connected to a DSL via a Linksys Router. I first rebooted my "Print Server", no change: then my "Airport (eMac) Server", no change; then my Linksys Router ("Wireless Server") !!!!! Viola, Soooooo those of you who are having trouble getting your Mac to print, follow every highway ... until you find your (solution)
Thank you " marcfromtallahassee " for sharing your solution to a problem, it wasn't mine but it led me to my solution.
Can't give you any points because you didn't pose your statement as a question. Strange, but them's the rules. ........goldie

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