Can't print PDFs after Snow Leopard

Can't print any PDFs, no matter where they're opened (Preview, Safari, whatever) in neither of our 2 networked (via LPD) HP Laserjet 3005 printers. Another guy here is having the same problem. You open the PDF, hit Print, it shows you the preview but then you click the actual print button and it goes dumb (options blank out and you can't cancel anything anymore - quit via command+Q). Please note that everything ELSE prints, just the PDFs don't.
Please advise... I work in an asset management firm and PDFs are a dime a dozen!!
Cheers,
Gustavo Ballve

Can you please check your driver version (print&fax preference, highlight the queue, then click "options & supply", then in the "Driver" tab). If it is not 5.4.0, the steps below should fix your problem:
1. Delete all of the files and directories related to your driver. If you have the uninstaller, that's great, otherwise, delete items below:
/Library/Printers/hp
/Library/Image Capture/Devices/HPScanner.app
/Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard
/Library/Frameworks/HP* (the "*" here means anything starts with "HP")
/System/Library/Extensions/hp* ("*" here means similar to above)
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/HP* (case insensitive, so starts with either "HP" or "hp")
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/HP* (case insensitive, so starts with either "HP" or "hp")
/Application/HP*
/Application/Utilities/HP*
2. Reset printing system (print & fax preference, <ctrl>-click in the printer queue list column, then select "reset printing system" from the popup menu)
3. Unplug your printer from the computer, reboot your computer, make sure you are connected to the internet, then plug the printer back.
4. You should soon get a dialog asking you to download and install driver for your printer, say "yes".

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