Print sharing no longer works

Just got a new iMac 2.93 GHz.
We have a HP Photosmart 8150 hooked up to it.
Now print sharing does not work.
It worked fine with the G5 iMac we had previously.
Both iMacs are/were running 10.5.6
Any thoughts?

I stupidly installed CUPS. That was the problem. The only fix was to install the OS again.

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