Problem recognizing wireless scanner

I have an iMac that runs SnowLeopard 10.6.8. I use the Brother MFC All-in-One as a wireless scanner and printer. This has worked successfully for some time. Suddenly, although I can still print wirelessly, the computer doesn't recognize the wireless scanner. I think I had this problem about a year ago, and managed to fix it, but I have no recollection of what I did.

Try deleting the printer/scanner in system preferences, and then re-adding it.
If still no joy, try the above, then delete the application, redownload the application and re-add the printer to the printer list.
Make sure the print queue has be deleted so there are no jobs hanging things up.

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EDIT: I read your post again and it looks like your roommate may have turned on Internet Sharing. This means that your computer is like a hub for sharing your internet connection with wired clients.
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Hello there, mauricebond.
The following Knowledge Base article provides some great steps for issues with setting up a printer on Mac OS X:
Mac Basics: Printing in OS X - Apple Support
If you continue to have issues with setup, this article offers up some great additional recommendations:
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The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
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