My Printer has disappeared

Hi,
I have had an Epson Stylus DX4850 for about 6 months. About a month ago it disappeared off my iMac.
I couldn't find it anywhere and nothing would print. After searching for a while, I decided to try to uninstall it and start again but when i switch everything on there is still nothing there.
I know I've probably done something wrong but could someone give me a step by step guide how to get my mac to see my printer?
Thanks.

Part of the problem seems to be that I can't get to the Add Printer page in the Print Center.
I've gone to Applications>Utilities but there is no Print Center there, only a Bluetooth File Exchange.
Everywhere I've looked for advice starts off by saying "Go to Print Center..." so I'm stuck on the first hurdle. If I could find my Print Center I could probably fix the problem but that seems to have disappeared.
Any help would be great. I realise that I'm sounding like a complete novice but that's probably because I am.

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