Network host busy on USB connected printer

Appreciate any advice or tips. I have a HP Photosmart C4200 plugged via USB to iMac running 10.6.4, prints fine, and print sharing is on. From my MacBook Pro running 10.5.8 I can connect to the printer using hostname-iMac.local. No documents (Word, notepad, etc.) will successfully print from MBP to printer on iMac, all attempts result in Network Host "hostname" is busy; will retry in .....seconds. Seems like this should be simple, what have I done to complicate it? Thanks.

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Advanced features like scan, copy, maintenance, etc are not supported at the USB port.

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