Printing to shared Windows printer fails after Yosemite upgrade

Running Mountain Lion had a working shared printer from Windows 7 Pro - a Canon MX310.
After upgrade the printer is still there but trying to use it results in "Support Code : 306 A communication error has occurred..."
Tried deleting the printer then re-adding. The OS X printer app finds the printer in the windows workgroup, appears to have a little chat then says its added ok. Same Error.
Tried a reset of the mac printing system - same.
Printer is working on the host PC and from other network windows PC.
Anyone else seen similar issue?

I can't claim any experience with this printer. I am going on what the "specs" say should work.
There are three software pieces needed to set up this printer. For the first two, you will need to download and install both the Foomatic-RIP software and the ESP Ghostscript software from <http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/foomatic/>.
For the third item, you will need to download the PPD for this printer from <http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-BJ-200>. Place the PPD in the following folder (make any folders that are not already on your system):
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj
This setup will use the bj200 device that is built into Ghostscript. The notes that I find in the device driver indicate that this is using the BJ-10 command set. The manual for the bj-200e shows that this is one of the languages it can use. There might be some DIP switches you need to set to make things compatible with this command set and/or the line spacing set forth in the device driver.
Let us know how this goes.
Matt
Mac Mini G4; B&W G3/300    

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