IMac refuses to print to network

My late 2009 21.5 inch iMac running OS X Lion 10.7.5 refuses to print to either of two printers on an ethernet network.
In the printing window, it goes through "Looking for printer" and "Connecting to Printer", the progress bar turns blue - but nothing more happens. The printer error log says "the printer is not responding".
Other Macs on the same network print fine.
Here are some of the things I have tried:
. Reinstalled printer software (a Brother HL-5370DW mono laser and Epson Stylus Photo TX810FW)
. Reset printing system
. Reset Brother printer (worked for a day on this iMac but not since, despite further resets)
. Installed completely new, clean system on a separate partition.
. On the network, changed switches, swapped over ethernet cables etc - can see other Macs and transfer files fine, just not print.
. Connected Brother direct to iMac via USB - prints fine.
Is there something else I can try? Could this be a hardware problem - obviously iMac is out of warranty/Applecare? Is there a way to reset ethernet port? I don't know what to try next, and am at the end of my tether having wasted far too much time on this without a solution...

Hmmm... I don't know the printers. One was an old one which printed fine for months (still prints from an old laptop) and the new one is an HP-printer that prints very well on the iMac from which it was borrowed cables and all. (I live appr. 700 km away so I don't always know all the details).
Anyway, the computer is an:
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
128MB VRAM
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVDR-DL/CD-RW)
which still runs Tiger.
Different ports were tried and as far as I know the technician reinstalled the system but maybe returned all the old settings which reinvited the old fault unless it's a hardware thing.
I have fowarded the information above so it will be tried and if nothing changes I think she will try and wipe the disc with a completely new installation tonight, just in case. I told her to install the printer first to see what happens and only then install other things and set things up etc.
I'll be back here soon as I know what happened next.
Thanks anyway,
Yo

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