Networking and printer

I have vista on one desktop and xp on another. I was able to print from both. The printer is an Epson and the one connected to. The xp was networked to use this printer as well. I just replaced my wifi router and I cannot get the xp to print. I keep getting, the Espson printer is not ready. I have tried what I know (not a lot) and it should be working. Any ideas to help?
Howard

If you installed the Drivers, look in the Applications Folder for a Folder named Hewlett-Packard, containing these files...
Device Utilities
HP Customer Participation.app
HP Device Manager.app
HP Photosmart Create.app
HP Photosmart Edit.app
HP Photosmart Print.app
HP Photosmart Share.app
HP Photosmart Stitch.app
HP Photosmart Studio.app
HP Software Update.app
HP Uninstaller
HP Uninstaller.app
Run the HP Device Manager.app & see if it finds it. Or open up the Device Utilities Folder with...
HP Registration Assistant.app
HP Message Center.app
HP Setup Assistant.app
HP Network Settings Utility.app
Run the last 2 there.

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