HP Laserjet 3055 printing issues

I have a HP Laserjet 3055 which used to work fine and now won't print from my iMac. It's connected through USB directly to my iMac and I've reloaded the drivers a few times. I can scan but whenever I print, it goes to the active printing screen, then just shows up as a completed job without ever printing. If I go to HP Director, all the buttons work except for the "Maintain Device" button which brings up a "Error accessing device configuration page." when pressed. Also, the printer is hooked up to my network (through router) and all other Windows machines are able to print so it's some kind of issue with the Mac. Any help appreciated.

I have the same problem. I've done everything. 

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