HP Laserjet 2100M not on printer list

I have a HP Laserjet 2100M and have been trying to get it to work with my Macbook, freshly running Snow Leopard 10.6.2. The printer worked fine with OS 10.4.11 before I added Snow Leopard (it was a clean install, I had a HD failure and started out with a new HD). The 2100M is listed as one of the printers supported by HP printer driver package 2.3. I downloaded this package. However, when I pull up the Add Printer box, no HP printers are offered. If I go to the Print & Fax queue, the only two printers listed are the ones I have successfully added previously (an HP 3900 & Epson R1800). No other HP printers are offered. Based on what I am reading in previous forum questions, it sounds like the HP 2100M, although getting dated, should still work with OS 10.6. The printer is in excellent condition and I would really like to continue using it if at all possible. What am I doing wrong or what can I do to access the available drivers in HP printer driver package? Although the installation was slow (the last element takes 2-3 minutes), my computer said that it was installed successfully.
The printer is connected by ethernet. I should note, since I generally don't know a lot about these things, I did try to reinstall the earlier driver before I understood I did not need to do this. I don't know if that earlier attempt messed something up or not.

I emptied the HP folder in the library (as the next respondent suggested) and reloaded the driver package. That did not do it. Another Forum discussion I located in December seemed to indicate that the IP number might be necessary but I was trying to avoid that. I have made some efforts to locate the IP address for the printer without luck. Any ideas how I can acquire it? I have printed the test page and the 2nd test page (pressing go and cancel buttons at the same time) but no obvious IP number appears. There are PCL, PCLXL, and PS numbers listed under Installed Personalities and Options. I thought these might represent IP numbers but the format is different (19980828 under PS for example). This could be written 199.8.0.828 which looks more like an IP format but as soon as I get the 199 down (at least using the PS number), the computer tells me this is an invalid HP IP combination and that I am using third party software and it should not be. I have only used HP software. My suspicion is that the IP number is not on this page.
Another possibility: I noticed that in the HP Printer folder (within the Library folder) that the Laserjet folder only has a file titled hplastjetzjs.bundle in it. Is this file supposed to be expanded?

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I tried then printing from Stickies (something simple), it told me the printer was busy. I put it off, then on, and retried and it worked... Try a page from Pages too, working...
Maybe reseting the print system helped, because last week I also put the printer off then on, and the problem stayed there. Tried the same on my MBP, and it worked too! Cannot figure out what I did wrong the first time. Maybe I really needed to print something, and Murphy's Law came in!

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I recently connected an HP Laserjet 2100M to my iMac (running OS X 10.6.8) and was able to make it work by directly connecting the two via ethernet cable. It took a while to get it working, after finally finding the right driver and IP address.
I only have one ethernet port, and I would prefer to have my router connected to it because my wireless connection has been slow recently. Therefore, I disconnected the printer from the computer and plugged it into my router (Linksys s3500). Internet connection works better but now the printer won't print. The computer recognizes it, saying it's idle, but it won't connect when I want to print something.
I've tried deleting the printer from System Preferences and re-adding it, and that didn't work. I can't enter the printer's IP address in the Network preferences because then it won't recognize the router's IP address.
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I emptied the HP folder in the library (as the next respondent suggested) and reloaded the driver package. That did not do it. Another Forum discussion I located in December seemed to indicate that the IP number might be necessary but I was trying to avoid that. I have made some efforts to locate the IP address for the printer without luck. Any ideas how I can acquire it? I have printed the test page and the 2nd test page (pressing go and cancel buttons at the same time) but no obvious IP number appears. There are PCL, PCLXL, and PS numbers listed under Installed Personalities and Options. I thought these might represent IP numbers but the format is different (19980828 under PS for example). This could be written 199.8.0.828 which looks more like an IP format but as soon as I get the 199 down (at least using the PS number), the computer tells me this is an invalid HP IP combination and that I am using third party software and it should not be. I have only used HP software. My suspicion is that the IP number is not on this page.
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Dear Administrator,
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2007-02-25 21:21:23.216 EPSON Scanner Monitor[287] CFLog (21): GetDiskFragment returns -2806 for <IOUSBLib> when trying to load /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle/Co ntents/MacOS/IOUSBLib
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2007-02-25 21:18:23.386 Printer Setup Utility[297] CFLog (21): GetDiskFragment returns -2806 for <IOUSBLib> when trying to load /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle/Co ntents/MacOS/IOUSBLib
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