IP Printing and HP LaserJet 4250

I'm having difficulties to print to HP LaserJet 4250 via LPD protocol. Each and every time I try to print, the print queue stops saying "Jobs stopped".
If I tail CUPS error log I see this:
I [25/Oct/2006:15:00:29 +0300] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftops (PID 5646) for job 2.
I [25/Oct/2006:15:00:29 +0300] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops (PID 5647) for job 2.
I [25/Oct/2006:15:00:29 +0300] Started filter /Library/Printers/hp/filter/hppostprocessing (PID 5648) for job 2.
I [25/Oct/2006:15:00:29 +0300] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/lpd (PID 5649) for job 2.
E [25/Oct/2006:15:00:30 +0300] PID 5649 stopped with status 1!
I [25/Oct/2006:15:00:30 +0300] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I have deleted the printer and set it up again on Printer Setup Utility and downloaded new drivers from HP web site. It just doesn't work. Printing to old HP 2100 with LPD works fine so looks like Mac OS X does not like HP 4250 printer. Setting LogLevel to "debug" on CUPS does not offer any clues. What gives?
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) HP LaserJet 4250

Yes I have, always the same error - please look at my first post.
I'm not sure if this is related to upgrade to 10.4.8, I updated from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8 at the same time the printed was switched to LaserJet 4250. To find out, I'm planning to grab a vacant Mac mini and test with Mac OS X 10.3.9 and then try 10.4.
A little Googling releaved the same error "PID XXXXX stopped with status 1!" shows that people have had the same problem with some Linux distros (Fedora, Ubuntu) - even with inkjet printers. Unfortunately the CUPS logs are not verbose enough to give details about what goes wrong. Apple documentatiion does not indicate CUPS was changed with 10.4.8 Update.
On the other hand, I discoved all the other printers on the server use WinPrint as printing engine but HP 4250 used HPZPP3zw. Default data type was RAW with both engines. But changing it to WinPrint had no effect.
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Windows 2003 Server

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