Can't Print to Dell MFP 3115cn

I've got a MacBook Pro running 10.5.8 and I'm having problems printing over the network to my Dell MFP 3115cn printer.
Everytime I try to print, the print queue comes up with the following error message:
Connecting to [IP address of printer] on port 631
Network host [IP address of printer] is busy, will retry in [x amount of] seconds
I've installed the printer with the latest driver on Dell's website.

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Dell presumably used the engine of another manufacturer for their printer. Find out what printer's engine they used, and you may be able to find comparable drivers to work with it. For printing, see my FAQ*:
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Hello!
I have replied twice to your last posting, but have heard no response. Unless a solution can be presented quickly, I fell I must return the product. LPug and play was introduced with Windows 95 and this HP product has not lived up to that 20 year old technological standard. My previous replies are copied below.
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‎01-31-2015 08:06 AM
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I haven't heard a response to my most recent reply. Is there anything you can suggest before I give up and return this HP product to the store? I would like a quick resolution to this. As an update to my previous email (copied below), printing is no longer working through Adobe Reader.
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‎01-28-2015 01:08 PM
Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me. I have tried a variety of different programs:
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ms excel - no
Finale (music software) - no
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perplexing!

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Still can't print

Hi Folks,
I'm having problems printing and creating in Acrobat, per the conversation from another thread that I've pasted below. I pasted it here because that thread seems to have given out. The fellow with whom I was corresponding gave me some pretty good ideas and I tried them. But they didn't pan out.
Can anyone save me on this?
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CS
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I was having some problems with Acrobat and with other CS3 components, too, so I just ran the CS5 Cleaner Tool and reinstalled CS3. As far as I can tell, the only problems I have now are with Acrobat 8 Professional.
- It appears that I'm able to Save As any file as a PDF
- I can't Create a PDF, either by opening of dragging a file into Acrobat Professional. The error message says either the "file type is not supported" or "the file is corrupt". Word is supported and my files are new. Then I get another box that says "Missing PDFMaker files. Do you want to run the installer in repair mode?" If I run that, nothing happens.
- I can't print a PDF. The error here is "Error - Printing" or "Error - Sent to Printer" in the print dialogue box.
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Bill@VT6,961 posts since
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1. Jan 1, 2011 6:54 AM in response to: Crellin Sound
Re: Create - No Go
You gave no indication of the OS or the WORD versions. AA8 has problems with Win 7 and also OFFICE 2010. If you have not updated, you might update AA8 and something like AA8.3.4 or so (did not check lately).
As far as printing, the most basic process of all the PDF creation processes with AA8 are to print to the Adobe PDF printer with print to file selected. Then open that file in Distiller to complete the process. If that works, you can then at least create PDFs. The next step is to check for AcroTray running in the background (ctrl-alt-del > tasks and you should see AcroTray running in the background. You might try killing it and restarting (from the Distiller folder).
PDF Maker requires WORD to be activated for the PDF Maker macro. If you have the PDF maker menu in WORD, then opening in Acrobat should also work. The latter simply uses the macro in WORD.
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Crellin Sound64 posts since
Apr 21, 2009
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2. Jan 3, 2011 5:22 AM in response to: Bill@VT
Re: Create - No Go
Hi Bill,
I'm running Windows Vista and, I believe, Office 2007. Sorry about the omission.
I'll try your print-to-file trick and see what happens.
I'll also try what you suggest about the Acrotray, too.
There's no PDF Maker menu in Word, though I can select PDF as a printer. How do I activate Word in this case?
Thanks,
CS
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Crellin Sound64 posts since
Apr 21, 2009
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3. Jan 3, 2011 9:56 PM in response to: Crellin Sound
Re: Create - No Go
Hi Bill,
I can create PDFs by Saving As to PDF and then printing, but I still can't Print of Create. It's a bit of a pain when working with AI.
I tried your idea of printing to file and then opening Distiller to complete the process. I couldn't print to file without an error, so I couldn't even get to Distiller. Or maybe I don't quite understand what you're saying here.
I killed the AcroTray, got it going again, and that didn't make any difference.
There's no PDF Maker Menu in Word or Excel.
Any ideas? I'm stuck.
Thanks,
CS

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Can't print from a windows pc to network printer

I am having a network printer problem.
I have a Canon printer plugged into the usb port of my Mac-Mini. I can print fine from the Mac to the printer. I have network sharing enabled for the printer.
I have a Dell PC connected to an Airport Express via internet cable as part of my network.
I have bonjour installed on the Dell
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Detective445 wrote:
I believe that there may not be a solution to this because the printer will only recognize one set of drivers. Since one set of drivers is for the Mac and one set is for a PC It will only work with one machine or the other.
Then you should be able to print from the Mini after resetting the printer, e.g. by turning it off and back on after a short while. But it sounds as if this won't help either, and to be frank, it's not an "acceptable" explanation, either...
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