Help with HP Deskjet 6500 wireless connection

My HP Deskjet 6500 worked perfectly via my wireless network until I turned off my SSID Broadcast. Now the printer SAYS it is connected to the wireless network, but I cannot print to it. The printer does not even show up as being on the network.
There MUST be a way to configure it to connect to a wireless network witout SSID Broadcast turned on, since nobody who cares about their wireless security would leave their SSID Broadcast on all the time, right?
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First, disabling the SSID broadcast is not a security measure. Freeware from the Internet can still read it. Plus, as you have determined, your printer will not like it at all.
Read this for more info: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=43
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