HP LaserJet 1012 won't print in Leopard

I have a HP LaserJet 1012 (probably 3 or so years old) connected to my iMac (2.16GHz 20") via USB ... it worked like a champ under 10.4 and still works like a champ under Windows XP (via BootCamp) ... but it seems as soon as I moved to Leopard, the printer keeps hanging ... in the printer's status box it hangs on "Opening printer connection" ... then after some time it seems to timeout and the print job registers "stopped" in the que. I don't know what I do different, but every once in a while it prints (I try to delete que items, I even delete the printer and re-add it ... the computer sees it and recognizes it as a 1012 when I add the printer ... so I can't imagine it is a connection problem)
Thanks for any assist!
V/R, Jay

I contacted HP tech support and they emailed me a fix. My printer has been working fine for the last 24 hours and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Here is what they sent me:
At this point is having issue of incompatibility regarding the driver of some printers and the Software of Leopard. But the driver will be on the HP Web side as soon as our technicians can put it there .
In the meantime you can try this:
Uninstall
Open your hard drive and look for Library
Look for Printers Folder
Choose HP folder
At last drag the whole LaserJet folder to the trash
Repair
Open your hard drive and choose applications
Choose Utilities
Then select Disk Utility (double click on it)
In the following window select the name of you hard drive
At the bottom is an option "Repair Disk Permissions"(one click on it)
Install
Insert your Leopard installation DVD, click on the Optional Installs icon
Then Optional Installs.mpkg
Then Continue
Agree to the License
Then from the Custom Install window click on the arrow next to the Printer Drivers
Then put a checkmark on the Hewlett-Packard Printer Drivers and then click on continue (note: I didn't see this option - instead it just installed drivers for a bunch of printer companies)
Finish the installation and then restart your Mac.

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