Print Sharing No longer works. Any Help is Appreciated

I've got an Epson Stylus Photo R800 plugged into a Power PC G5 via Firewire. The G5 is connected to both a wired Netgear router and to an Airport. I've enabled Printer Sharing.
My wife's PowerBook suddenly seems unbale to find the printer. I've tried adding the printer again without success. Nothi8ng has changed except for the two recent Apple security updates which apparently deleted a critical CUPS dat file on all of our Macs. I replaced the file with a back up and got the G5 working again via a direct Firewire connection. I can get the PowerBook to print when directly connected via Firewire, but not over print sharing.
I'd be very appreciative to anyone that might lend me a hand.
Thanks!

I stupidly installed CUPS. That was the problem. The only fix was to install the OS again.

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