Bonjour printers don't appear in Add Printer

I have 4 Intel macs on my home network. They all run the newest version of Snow Leopard. I've kept up to date on all updates. I believe my current problem may have occurred after the latest OS X update or perhaps after the new Safari update. But I'm not absolutely certain it was related to applying any updates.
The problem is that on one of my 4 macs I cannot add any printers. If I try to add a printer through the System Preferences ("Printing and Faxing") none of my three printers shows up on the list. On all three of my other computers all three of my printers show up as "bonjour printer" options.
After doing my usual set of "fixes"-- zapping the PRAM, running FSCK -FY, restarting all of the involved devices, I finally took the step of completely re-installing Snow Leopard and adding all of the updates. This did not fix the problem.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
John

John Baughman wrote:>
It is as though Bonjour services are not functioning properly.
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