Error when printing to HP 2840 with Snow Leopard and latest MacBook Pro

I have recently upgraded my MacBook Pro and now my HP colour laserjet 2840 printer (connected directly via USB) goes into 'Printer Paused' mode and will not resume printing. What is baffling is that it worked with SL with my previous MacBook Pro - however I last printed about 6 weeks ago. I had all software ported between the machines when I changed over but I have probably downloaded any recent software updates since. I get the error message - /usr/libexec/cups/backend/usb failed.
Can someone please help.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10498621&#10498621
Does your HP have an updated driver?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669?viewlocale=en_US
If so, try deleting <hard drive>/Library/Printers/hp and reinstalling the software using Software Update.
Hope this helps.

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