Printing to older printer - elusive

We have an established printer set up - LaserJet 5MP connected to an Ethernet switch using a print server. The MacBook Pro (OS 10.7) sees the printer fine and reliably sends print jobs to it. Our 2nd laptop, MacBook Air, also OS 10.7, cannot find this printer. For the Air, I have specified the printer from the pulldown list of drivers, and watched as it downloaded the specific LaserJet 5MP driver - so all should be good there.
The problem is elusive. The local Genius Bar yesterday thought to reset the printing system (contextual menu, Print & Scan window), and then overwrite the following folder contents : Library > Printers > hp by copying them from the MBP to the Air. This has not made any change to the situation. (of course, they did not have access to the printer in situ).
What could I be overlooking here? I am starting to wonder if there might be software settings elsewhere in the MB Air that I need to take account of, outside of the Print & Scan panel. Could it be a network-type setting that needs to change?
Printer issues are the toughest!
Grant.

That printer is too old to support Bonjour, so it will not be recognized automatically. You also need to set an IP address for the printer, the gateway address of your router, and the network mask. This is done via the printer's front panel. To add the printer requires configuring it in the Printer Setup Utility as an LPR printer. You will need to enter the IP address of the printer and an optional queue name of your choice (not more than 11 alpha-numeric characters plus the underline. No spaces.)
The IP address you choose for the printer should be one that is within the DHCP range of your router (for example, 192.168.0.2-199 or 10.0.1.2-199.) Preferable to choose an address somewhere in the middle that isn't likely to be used by the router for any other devices.

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