IMac OSX 10.6.8 will not detect HP Officejet 6500 E709n series wireless printer

I had my iMac OS 10.6.8 unplugged for a week and just hooked it back up today and for some reason HP Officejet 6500 E709n Series wireless printer cannot be detected. I have tried everything... AppleCare could not help... they said to install the HP software off HP's site... I did but my computer will not recognize the printer in default printers. I have tried talking to HP Support and they mentioned something about DDS corruption but do not want to pay $99 for that to most likely not be the reason. I have tried calling Verizon because AppleCare said it was a network issue and then Verizon said it was a software issue.
I even tried re-installing the printer with the USB cord plugged in the back so it could at least recognize the software, but once the printer was put back in the other room, it stopped working. It now says:
Looking for printer...
Canceling job
Printer offline.
There is also a yellow circle with a wavy line in the middle.
This has never happened before. When I first hooked this machine up, it just picked up the printer and there were no issues.
Sorry this is a little wordy but I am out of options on how to fix this... please help.
Thank you.

uhhhwords,
This article should get you operational as it covers the offline errors you are getting. Give the steps a shot and let me know if it helps:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02221706&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en &product=3795406&tmp_track_link=ot_search
Best of Luck!
I work with HP but my posts and opinions are my own.

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