All printers fail to send jobs to print

Hi all,
I'm after some desperate help.
Recently I wiped 2 machines: 1 Imac G5, and 1 Power Mac G5. I reinstalled Tiger, and did a software update.
I have installed all the software I want and they are both setup with user accounts with the permissions I intended. No problems there
So when I came to testing if they print ok, all documents instantly failed. Also on all 3 printers I have installed.
I decided to test the printers on an old machine - and all worked fine. (incidently it has also been updated).
I think it must be something simple, somewhere that perhaps I have missed?
Each time i print from the newly configured machines, the job sits in the desktop (dock) printer icon, and does not move. It just reports - job stopped. I restart the jobs, but nothing.
Please help!

Hiya Tim
I just gave that a whirl - to no such luck!
I am in a corporate environment (well - education) and indeed printing through IPP. I was told this method of printing would be more reliable than the old Apple Chooser of OS 9. I never had any rpblems with it before - until rebuilding these machines.
I just wiped a machine, fresh install of OSX - without any customisation, then NO updates, and I installed the drivers fresh. No other software to cause problems etc - and I get the exact same problem.
There HAS to be be a reason why I am encountering these problems!!!!
Thanks anyway for your help mate - it's very much appreicated!
Cheers

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