Still cannot print via Moto Print Server after 10.4.3

I just sent this message to Apple via their Feedback page:
I have an older HP 5MP laser printer which is very reliable and has plenty of usefull life left. It has a parallel port and an Apple port. The new G5 tower I bought does not accept either of the printer's connections. I installed a very useful Motorola SBG1000 Internet Gateway device that includes a cable modem, ethernet router, wireless router and a printer server which allows me to continue to use the HP 5MP.
When I got the G5 all I had to do to use the print server was to plug it in and empower it using a browser page which access the controls of the SBG1000. When I would print from any application, the printer dialog box would refer to the SBG1000 as the printer name.
When I installed the latest update to 10.4.3 I cannot print to the HP at all. In Classic Mode, the Chooser can see the SBG via Appletalk but I can't figure out how to empower it from within Tiger.
I also have an epson PhotoStylus printer attached to the G5 by USB. It works fine and I can control it from the desktop printer application. However I still have many text only, black and white documents that should be printed on the HP 5MP.
What can I do to get this working again?
Thank you!

Problem resolved!
The Help Desk at Motorola assisted me to reinitiate the AppleTalk definitions using the browser-based interface with the SBG1000 gateway. All I had to do was to follow the add a printer steps and I was back in business!
Unfortunately, the next day I had a major hard-drive failure so now I am hosed again for a while. My G5 is in the shop to see if they can recover the drive's data.
I usually spend the day after Thanksgiving doing back ups and system maintenance but I couldn't get it to boot up.
Tried zapping PRAM, reset the memory management unit, reset firmware and ran the Disk Repair utility 4 times. Bummer.

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