Problems connecting my iMac to a Netgear router USB printer

Hi,
First time for this sort of thing... here goes...
I have an iMac and a Macbook Pro connected to a Netgear wireless router. The router has a HP Color Laserjet 1600 connected to it via USB.
I knew that the HP 1600 was not initially compatible with Macs but wanted to see if I could save throwing it away, and found the open source CUPS driver and associated files here: http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/302806-hp-lazer-1600-printer-drive r-mac.html
Installation of the drivers went fine.
Then I went to system preferences > Print & Fax > + and added the printer with the following settings:
Protocol: LPD
Address: 192.168.0.1 (the netgear router IP address)
Print Using: HP Color Laserjet Foomatic/foo2hp (recommended)
The printer seemed to be discovered successfully. However when I attempt to send a document to the printer it returns the message:
"Attempting to connect to host 192.168.0.1 for printer
Network host '192.168.0.1' is busy; will retry in 30 seconds..."
- and hangs there indefinitely.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Check the documentation for the Netgear router. Since you are using LPD, there is most likely a specific queue name you need to enter to access the USB port. This would explain the error, as you are connecting to the print server (router) but the spool file cannot find its way to the correct port, hence the busy message.
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