Printer help please

Hi all
I have two macs on a airport network and a printer connected to an Airport Express base station. Both macs can see the printer but the older iMac won't print to it. It says it has, but nothing comes out of the printer! Any ideas.
Sorry if this is a stupid question its the only problem I've ever had with a Mac that wasn't resolved using the Help function.
Many thanks in advance.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMac G3
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMac G3

Hi
Thanks to all of you that responded.
Its started working now with no explanation and seemingly no changes!
Mark

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