Computer Won't Communicate with Wireless HP C6380 All-In -One

I own a HP C6380 All-In-One which I use with a desktop and laptops running Windows 7 and a netgear router.
Everything has been working fine until the other day when the unit just stopped printing jobs.  Print jobs in the que just time out.  There are no print errors indicated.
I re-did the network setup for the printer and it recognizes and connects to the router but the troubleshooting diagnostic says that the computer can't communicate with the printer.
What am I missing??  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Download and run this utility: Download and run this utility: http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h_pagetype=s-926&h_lang=en&h_client=s-h-e17-1&h_keyword=dg-NDU&ju...
What does it say?
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