Photosmart plus B209 cannot find Wireless (wifi) Network

Hello
I had an upgrade to my wifi network (faster speed package) which made the computers happy but stuffed my printer. It cannot be seen on the network and it cannot find a network. It works OK when connected with USB.
I am running Mac OS X 10.8.2, no updates outstanding.
Tried delete and reinstall on the mac
Tried reboots
I downloaded and ran the HewlettPackardPrint2.12.dmg file to ensure I had the right drivers
Using a CISCO DPC2935 router
Read every help post I could find but to no avail
Tried the WPS setup but the printer timed out (and I had clicked the WPS button on the router yes)
Tried running the original wifi setup software provided but it showed the printer trying to use my old wifi network and could not see any network for me to change that - guessing that bit of software no longer works with Mac 10.8. My computer i was running that from was happily connected to the wifi network in question
All help appreciated.

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Printer does not maintain wireless connection.
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