Setting up printers on New MBP

I'm changing over from a PC and the rest of the PC's in the office print fine.
I'm trying to get my Dell 5110 CN and Canon Image Runner 3320i setup to print on my new MBP. Both printers are set up for IP printing. I've tried everything I could, tried printing with "IPP" and "LDP" and neither work. I've tried generic drivers and model specific drivers. The "IPP" setting just says the printer is busy and will try again in 10 seconds and the "LDP" setting says "Unable to send trailing nul to printer: Broken pipe". Both printers have the most recent (only) drivers from their respective companies.
Am I missing a step or something?

The printers are each attached to the network one with an internal NIC and the other to a Belkin Print server. We use IP Addressing to connect to them.
I had one person say that I needed to install PS and PCL drivers for the Mac, but aren't those part of the drivers?

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    Message was edited by: Jim Humphrey
    Message was edited by: Jim Humphrey

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    Restore from Time Machine or your backup. This should restore your calendars to list under your iCloud username.
    Now carry out this process with each calendar:
    Select a calendar listed under your iCloud login name.
    From the File menu choose Export...>Export. An .ics file will be saved at your designated destination.
    Create a new calendar with the same name as the one you've just exported from, choosing 'On My Mac'.
    From the File menu choose Import... Select the .ics file and choose to import it into the calendar you just created (make sure you don't import it into the iCloud version).
    Now your calendars are listed under 'On My Mac' as well as under your iCloud login name.
    Reconnect to the internet. Your iCloud calendars will disappear as before. Now carry out the following process with each of the 'On My Mac' calendars:
    Select your 'On My Mac' calendar. From the File menu choose 'Export...' then 'Export...'; from the sub-menu. This will create an .ics file at the location chosen in the Export dialog.
    From the File menu choose 'New Calendar' then your iCloud login name in the sub menu.
    A new calendar called 'Untitled' will appear in your sidebar under your iCloud login name. Change its name to that of the calendar you exported.
    From the File menu choose 'Import...' then 'Import...' from the sub-menu. A navigation pane will open: navigate to and choose your exported .ics file.
    iCal will ask you where to import this to. Click the drop-down menu and select the iCloud version of your calendar (make sure not to choose the 'On My Mac' version). Import.
    Your calendar contents will appear in the iCloud version of the calendar but this may take some time. You need to leave iCal running until the rotating icon at the top of the sidebar disappears.
    You can now delete the 'On My Mac' version of the calendar (control-click it in the sidebar list and choose 'Delete').
    You should back up your calendars periodically by exporting the .ics files as in step 1 above and keeping them safely.

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