How I fixed the 'network host busy" error

I've been down for a day solving the "network host busy' error.
First, I had fits trying to hook up this HP to my system. Here's the thread on that:
http://forums.techguy.org/networking/858081-laserjet-4500-mac-osx-10-a.html
Once all that was done, it was working.
The system was off and sometimes unplugged over the course of the evening.
I could not get it to work again.
It turned out that somehow during the course of events, the ip number of the printer had changed. I printed out the configuration page directly from the printer's configuration menu, and reset the ip address to match the new one.
Protocol in this case was HP Jet Direct socket.
Hope that helps someone out there. It looks like there are a lot of people tearing their hair out over this message and that there is no one solution.

I just found a solution to this problem and thought I would post it here, too.
I'm using a HP Photosmart C7280 with 10.6.1
Ever since updating to Snow Leopard, I kept receiving the "Network host busy" message. Today, I thought I would try running the network wizard feature on the printer itself, and after the printer connected to my router and I entered the password, the problem fixed itself. No more error message.
I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but it did for me. Such an easy solution for such a headache-inducing problem.
Message was edited by: TNTWhite

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