HP LaserJet Printer Help

I'm running Mountain Lion on my iMac and am attempting to connect an HP LaserJet 2420 Printer to it vie ethernet cable. The printer is detected by the computer, and the software downloads fine, but it gets stuck on the screen "configuring device." I have let it go for up to two hours with no results. I also tried the same printer on another iMac, also on Mountain Lion, and got the same result. I have tried installing different drivers to no avail. I know the printer works because Ican get it to print things like a usage page or menu commands straight from the printer itself. Can anybody assist me on getting it set up properly?

Hi, quite strange, but...
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
10.5/10.6/10.7 instructions...
In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.
if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions.
Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.
Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X 10.5.x+++
          1.          To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X 10.5.x, follow these steps:
          2.          Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
          3.          Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
          4.          Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."       As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341
Reboot.

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