Can't print to network printers under Lion

After upgrading, I can't print to my department's SMB-shared printers, and neither can the person in the office next to me. Console.app gives this:
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] Task "Insert driver info" complete. Processor - DriverVersion. Line - %%EndComments
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] Received SIGPIPE
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] Wrote 1 pages...
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] Backend returned status 1 (failed)
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] End of messages
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] printer-state=5(stopped)
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] printer-state-message="Unable to connect to server"
D [25/Jul/2011:16:11:38 -0400] [Job 3] printer-state-reasons=paused
lpstat shows:
printer CVM_IDP_V3108_HPP3005 disabled since Mon Jul 25 16:11:38 2011 -
Unable to connect to server
printer CVM_IDP_V3111_HP9500 disabled since Mon Jul 25 15:58:52 2011 -
Unable to connect to server
I can't seem to get any better error reporting than that. I've tried resetting the print system, re-adding all the printers, and adding the printers as generic Postscript instead of a specific printer. Any thoughts on where to go from here?

Here are several KB articles that may be helpful:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106714
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2004120107141820
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=152259
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060330074935620
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301397
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107054
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301768
Also check out www.macwindows.com and http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/index.html.
Wireless printing from Intel Macs has been reported by some as problematic. It's discussed a little in one of the MacFixit pages referenced above.

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