I can't go further "waiting for Printer Services" on Mac OS X 10.3 can U?

Evening, I'm a new user, and ocassionally use my iBook.I turned it on but it takes ONE HOUR to get to the prompt Waiting for Printing Services. I was advised to re boot but no success, I guess this all happened after i tried to update latest version.
I appreciate if you can help!!!

I am working on a friend's Ibook, I am a PC IT, and know very little about Mac's so please bare with me in helping (1st grade Mac user).
In my Mac fixing journey, I have used:
1. Repair Disk = no repairs found to fix
2. Repair Permissions = stalls and gives a prompt disconnected quit and restart, did that same prompt
3. Booted in safe mode, gets to the same point "waiting for Printing Services" and then fades out and shuts itself down after a long period.
4. I have tried to holding down opt, apple, p & r keys to reset "pram" = no go.
5. Removed the power source and batter to reset computer.
6. Booted computer connected into the printer and not connected to the computer. Same freeze place.
After all this being done,and reading alot in here, I purchased disk warrior, it corrected a few errors, rebuilt and rebooted...only to come back to "waiting for Printing Services" and then freeze.
Anyone have anything else they can help me with, that might get me passed this problem??
Thanks in Advance for any advice!!
Sav
Ibook G4   Mac OS X (10.0.x)  

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    In the end, I did something else that felt like almost as much thrashing about. I followed the "changes to module blacklisting" page with usblp, restarted cups and cycled power on the printer. Now it's working again. I wish I entirely new why.
    I think what happened was the automatic power up of the printer (or of the computer) loaded usblp but the fooz file for LaserJet was unloading it so (a) I never saw it in the lsmod output and (b) it was in the system long enough to snarl things, followed by (c) if only it was blacklisted at the time that the system saw the printer it would not be there and not foul things up. Does that sound like a reasonable chain of events.
    one more reason to resent (grumble, grumble, grr grr) systemd over the older (admittedly clunkier, more manual -- but more CONTROLLABLE!) initscripts. (Okay, I'm over 45)
    cheers...ank
    Last edited by ansak (2014-04-27 03:43:41)

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