PowerBook has lost network printer

I have a PowerBookG4, G4 Graphite and iBook on a network with an HP LaserJet 1300n, all connected via a Netgear router. Normally the PB connects via an AirPort base station plugged into the router. Everything has worked fine for several years.
Recently a power glitch took out the AirPort Extreme power supply - no lights, no wireless. So the PB is now using either Ethernet, or the wireless part of the router. But it can't now see the printer, however it's connected.
All the Macs can connect to each other, and the G4 and the iBook can see and use the printer - anyone any ideas why the PowerBook can't?
I've repaired disk and permissions, and reinstalled the printer driver fresh from the HP site. All the Macs are on 10.4.11.

The other Macs are all using the same driver, right? (I mean the one you're trying to get the iBook to use.)
What happens if you connect the printer directly via USB? Can you add and print to it then with the HP driver?
You may need to unistall the printer software manually. HP have instructions to do this somewhere but they are incomplete in that deleting additional files they don't list may be necessary. If you are doing this, it is best to run the normal uninstaller first, I think and then see if you can get the list from HP support of additional files. Then you have to comb the directories to find everything you can that remains - especially in /Library and /Users/yourusername/Library. I've known at least one recent case where this worked when all else failed (and HP claimed the OS needed to be fixed). If you're not sure about a file, you can drag it to your desktop rather than deleting it. Then you can always put it back if necessary. When you're done, reboot the machine and repair permissions before installing the latest driver. Repair permissions again (I don't trust HP installers) before setting the printer up. You may have to connect directly to the printer to install the driver correctly.
The other possibility would be to use an alternative driver if one is available. Gutenprint has a driver for the 1300 but I don't know if it would work with the 1300n or not. You may already have such a driver, though likely not the current one, as OS X comes with a version of these drivers.
- cfr

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