MacBook Pro Doesn't Print thru Airport Express

This is really perplexing. All the computers in my house are printing fine through an Epson Stylus 280 printer networked wirelessly through an Airport Express - except my MacBook Pro.
I installed the new drivers.
I wiped the slate clean of all printers in System Prefs.
I added a new printer - the Epson came up w/ Bonjour automatically as it should.
When I print, everything shows up fine on the MacBook Pro - it goes through the queue, shows printing then completion...but nothing comes out of the printer.
I tried moving the System Configuration folder out of the Library onto the Desktop to let it reconfigure itself - same problem.
It's really weird because the MacBook is telling me everything's fine, but it obviously isn't - and as I said, all my other computers in the house (Mac AND Windows) aren't having any problem whatsoever.
Thanks!

Bumped again. Sorry, folks, but I'm desperate! This used to work and then it just stopped. I removed all printers again, rebooted, added the printer again (which the System Preferences' Print/Fax config). Printing shows as perfectly normal on my Macbook Pro, but nothing comes out of the printer. My wife's MacBook has zero problem printing through the same printer, same for a Dell laptop.
The MacBook Pro is better than this, isn't it? Thanks.

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