Canon PIXMA MP980 networked Error Number : 311 Printer is in use

I have a mixed network at home with PC and Mac. It is wired and wireless. I have installed the Canon MP980 as USB to the iMac to set it up then went thru the wired network setup. I was able to print with USB attached. I am unable to print to it as a wired printer. I get Error Number : 311 Printer is in use or an error has occurred.
I am able to connect from the iMac via safari to its internal software over the wired network. Also, believe it or not I am able to print to it and scan from it, to an HP vista machine (the machine and OS that made me a Mac convert last year) It worked without a hitch.
It doesn't matter how the printer is set up in print settings, I still get this error. I am unable to find any gutenprint support for this model number.
Any ideas?

I am a bit concerned about the URI. I didn't think the machine supported HP Jetdirect-Socket, even when using the 'CUPS' driver. You could confirm this on this Vista box, by opening the printer queue and selecting Configure Port. If it shows the queue as Port 9100 then that would indicate that the printer does support HP Jetdirect-Socket, which is it's name on OS X. From memory, on Windows you select something like BJ Network Printer.
Anyway, you may want to try installing the non-CUPS driver and then selecting More Printers > Canon IJ Network. The printer should display with it's MAC address, which you should leave at this stage, and when you select it the driver should be automatically found.
I also believe you could use the same method with only the CUPS driver installed, however I would need to confirm this on my MP970 at work tomorrow.
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