IMac 24" to HP 5100 printer woes

I just got an HP 5100 printer to replace my old faithful 4MV but cannot get the new printer to print. I simply connected the ethernet cable from the 4MV to the 5100 Jet Direct card and all seems to work normally but, when I send a page to print, nothing happens. I've selected the 5100 in the print window and, in the printer monitor window, the file is qued up and the message is 'attempting to connect to host NPIB956A5.local. for printer BINPS'. The file is an Illustrator CS3 file.
When I connected the 4MV a while back I had to assign an address to the printer before it would print (actually got a friend to do it). Do I have to go thru that step with the 5100? If so, can you direct me to specific directions?
Note: the 5100 seems to be OK and prints a configuration page normally so I don't think the printer is the problem, just the connection.
Can you help? Thanks.

Check the printer config page printout for current IP address. Check your Mac Network prefs to identify your local subnet. Your router and your computers' IP address will begin with something like 192.168.1. or 10.0.0. and these first three parts are the subnet. Use the printer's panel menu to set the printer's IP to be in the same subnet, but put the last part away from the computer(s). Example: computer 192.168.1.3, make printer 192.168.1.100.
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