HP F4400 printer - connecting to airport extreme via ethernet

I'm trying to install a HP Deskjet F4400 All in One printer on network using Airport Extreme using USB port. Deleted the print driver and reinstalled from the original disk. Unplugged everything and reconnected. Can connect directly to my MacBookPro (OSx v10.6.8) and print just can't print using network. Get "printer offline" message.  Any suggestions?

When you use network printing, you can't have the printer selected from the LAST location (USB) because that printer technically doesn't exist anymore because you moved it.
Even though the name of the new location of the printer looks the same as from the last location, technically they are different printers as far as the OSX is concerned.

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