Losing connection with B210a photosmart printer on my Mac: tried everything

Hi there,
I'm a new Dutch guy here, so sorry if I appear newbie-ish and if my English is imperfect...
I've recently bought an iMac (finally!) and a wireless HP Photosmart B210a printer. I'm having trouble with my printer, which is connected wirelessly through a TP-Link WR1043N router.
After I installed the printer, I was able to print and even scan wirelessly. But after a while, I somehow can no longer print or scan. This problem persists even after re-installing the printer.
This is what I did trying to solve the issue:
1 uninstall the printer using the hp uninstall utility, using the 'scrubbed method' (pressing <ctrl><option><command> when clicking Uninstall)
2 delete any item containing "hp" of "print" in its name in the preferences folder in the library
3 reset the printing system by pressing <ctrl> and clicking the printer list in system preferences
4 run software update from the apple menu
5 download the latest printer drivers from hp.com (PS_AIO_08_B210_USW_Full_Mac_WW_74.dmg) and install the printer
6 reserve an IP-address for the printer in the router settings
7 set the ip-address in the printer's wireless settings
8 download the latest printer drivers from the apple website via this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907 and install them (executing packet scripts takes a lot more time than indicated: 'less than a minute' appears to be an arguable period of time)
Unfortunately this doesn't do the trick for me
When I print a page, it works the first time but after that I simply can't print. The print job is stuck, while the print task list keeps searching for the printer indicates that it is off line.
I can access the printer's built-in web server by entering it's IP-address in my web browser (I can even scan using this web page!). When I run the wireless setup wizard on the printer, the stuck print job comes out eventually...
Any suggestions?

Great English and good troubleshooting so far!
Here are a couple of more things to try:
- When you reserve an IP for the printer, reserve an IP outside the DHCP range of the router.
- If this does not work, try unplugging the DSL line and rebooting the router without it.  If the printer works as expected, then it is your ISP doing funny things to the router.  I would recommend getting your own router (to install on top of your ISP's).
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