Lion server: Unable to get printer status

I am attempting to connect a shared printer to my Lion server (for the purposes of printing documents from the server). The printer is connected to an iMac running Lion via USB and printer sharing is on. Other computers on the network are able to add and print to it fine.
The printer adds to the printer list without issue, but when I attempt to print a document, it shows "Unable to get printer status" in the queue. I've added/removed and reset printing system many times, but still no luck. I've also re-downloaded printer drivers from Apple and restarted the system.
Any ideas to get this working? Thanks.

Hi Mike,
One think I really dislike about OSX is the Rocket Science needed to just Print!
Might try these two...
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
Might try Printer Setup Repair 5.1...
http://www.fixamac.net/software/index.html

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