Can't connect to my HP Laserjet 5 printer anymore

I moved into my newly built house, and after setting back up my home office, I can no longer connect to my (i know it is old) HP Laserjet 5 printer with my iMAc, running OS x 10.6.8.
I am on a small in house network, and can't even see the printer, let alone add it.
Any help please?

Mac OS X 10.6 does not support AppleTalk, so you are not going to "see" the printer in the Default Add Printer view. Instead you will need to add the printer using an IP protocol like HP Jetdirect-Socket and by entering the IP address of the printer. Have a read of this post in the Lion forum about connecting the LJ 5, in particular Matt Broughton's response.

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Before we begin ,we should ensure we have configured the printer server correctly .
Here is a link for reference of configuring the printer server .
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775791(v=ws.10).aspx
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