Tiger 10.4.11 PPC - NetInfo Manager Machines No Longer Working??

In Tiger 10.4.11 (PPC) I'm trying to use NetInfo Manager to redirect a domain name to the local 127.0.0.1 IP.
I duplicate an existing entry and edit it to read:
ip_address: 127.0.0.1
name: TEST GOOGLE BLOCK
serves: www.google.com
I save the new entry and restart the computer.
But I can still go to www.google.com.
If instead I edit the hosts file, the redirect to 127.0.0.1 works properly.
NetInfo Manager used to work for me in some older Tiger minor version on this same computer. I haven't done any major Darwin hacking or this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6640199
Not sure if that adds hosts support, or replaces NetInfo Manager with hosts BTW?
Anyone have a clue what's going on?
Thanks

Thanks for the suggestion, BDAqua.
I tried Safe Boot, I tried Repair Permissions, restarted and tried resetting the printing system. Nothing worked. One thing, though, is that before the printer setup automatically chose hp color laserjet 1.4, version 1.4.5 briefly flashed in the menu list. I have no idea where it found that, but maybe the problem is that 1.4 is not the correct driver. There is no hp color laserjet 3550 in the list of drivers, and I have searched in vain for hp color laserjet 2.0. on both my Tiger system hd and on my Leopard system hd. But 2.0 has got to be on the Leopard hd because it works when I boot in Leopard. This mystery is getting very frustrating. But there has to be a way to fix it because it used to work.

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