Brother MFC 7420 Not Printing From MacPro or Macbook Pro

My Brother MFC-7420 is hooked up to my iMac. I can print form the iMac. No problem. That computer is hard wired into my Airport Extreme, as is my MacPro. I choose to be wireless for my Macbook Pro. All are in the same room. All the settings for print and fax are checked in the iMac to allow anyone to print from the MCF-7420. Up until a few days ago, everything was honky-dory. Then when I went to print from my MacBook Pro, last week, the printer icon that poped out of my dock indicated the printer was off line. Ditto when I went to print from the Monitor attached to my MacPro. Short of calling Brother, does anyone know why I can print directly from my iMac, but the other two computer register "printer offline?'
Thanks for any help

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