Moved to Yosemite, now I can't print (Brother MFC-9840CDW)

Hi there,
I've just moved to Yosemite (at the request of GoToMeeting) and I'm now unable to print.
I have a Brother MFC-9840CDW which my MacBook Pro can no longer find.
As part of the move to 10.10.1 the Brother Printer Software appears to have updated to V2.10 (shown in App Store update page).
On this Apple page it suggests the latest version is 4.5 - OS X: Printer and scanner software available for download - Apple Support
So I downloaded a driver from the Brother site here - http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=mfc9840cdw_all
I've reset the printer settings so I'm now showing nothing in the System Preferences\Printers & Scanners.
I've restarted my Mac and the printer several times... But regardless of what I do, when I click + printer the only option I'm being shown is Adobe PDF.
PLEASE HELP!

The printer uses a protocol called Bonjour to advertise itself on the wireless network. Many others who have upgraded to Yosemite are also finding that they can no longer see their wifi printer. At this stage I have not seen it documented as to the cause or fix for this Bonjour issue. So until such a fix is provided there is a possible workaround to attach your network printer and that is to use one of the included IP protocols in OS X. To do this you must determine the IP address of your printer. Once you have this information you can open Printers & Scanners and click the plus button to add. With the Add printer window displayed and the Default view showing, click on the IP icon. Then enter the IP address of the printer in the Address field, change the Protocol to HP Jetdirect and leave the Queue blank. You can then change the Name to something more meaningful than the IP address and in the Use menu, select the Brother MFC-9840CDW driver. Click the Add button to complete the printer creation and then see if you can print.

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