Hp Laserjet P1102w Doesn't show up in Print and Fax list OS 10.5.8

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Got an HP Laserjet 1102w and tried to install under Mac OS 10.5.8.  I downloaded and sucessfully ran the HP drivers but when I go to add the printer under system preferences/printers and fax the list of available printers is blank.  I've tried several routines suggested by a web search of the problem to no effect.
Anybody out there solved this?
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Thanks for your attention.  I figured out the solution.  See below.
The printer was connected by USB and I was also trying to get the wireless connection set.  I had intermittent progress on both fronts but could not get a successful installation either as a USB connection or wireless connection.  The printer would "disappear" off the list of available printers (using the "+" to add printer, OS 10.6.8) or not respond to setup commands.  And I could not get the printer's wireless connection to my network to "take".
Printing the  configuration page was of no use.  If the printer is unable to connect to the wireless network it reports the printer IP address as 0.0.0.0. 
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
         (clicking + under "Print & Fax" the printer does not appear or the printer name disappears)
1) replace the USB cable - the original was susceptible to cutting out;
2) give up on wireless - to - wireless set up methods - no amount of factory resetting would clear the mystery connection block;
3) set up the wireless connection by way of a (good) USB cable;
3) switch the browser used to view the printer's setup page from Firefox (34.0.5 for Mac OS 10.6.8) to Safari
4) use WPA security mode (not WEP as suggested by HP's help files).
The primary troublemaker was the bad USB cable.  Going thru a wireless set up presumes that the printer can connect to the network. As already noted, the wireless connection was not working.  The blue network light would not come up steady.  Some transmission option was blocking sucessfull handshaking between the printer and my wireless router.  I tried the recommended factory reset methods without success.
I needed a good USB connection to get to the printer's setup options.
Don't know what was up with Firefox - a bad plugin or something?  It just would not connect to the printer via IP addressing.  Safari worked fine.  (Now the printer is successfully setup Firefox has decided to work too.)
SO THE SOLUTION IS:
      1) connect the printer and Mac via a (good) USB cable;
      1) use Safari to get in to the printer's setup functions (via system preferences/print & fax/options & supplies/show printer web page);
      2) follow the recommended setup options (HP support for Laserjet P1102w, OS 10.6, using a USB cable to set up a wireless connection);
      3) select the proper wireless network from the list;
      4) reset the security mode to WPA; and
      5) give the printer the correct wireless network password.
Thank-you, and the forum, for your help.