Printing problems, can anyone help? i feel so lost

I upgraded to tiger then the automatic software update took it up to 10.4.3
everything seemed fine til i tried to print on my trusty canon s330 printer...i just couldnt locate a driver for it
so i clicked on any of the ones in the pop up in printer set up browser menu and it did actually print
but only very faintly
so i clicked on another and it printed full colour but only at A5 (and yes i changed all the page sizes everywhere i can think of)
no luck...
so i have spent the last two days trying to print and have downloaded latest drivers and searched and searched on forums like this and tried various things and still no luck
i urgently needed to print some work and was desperate so went out and bought another canon thinking its about time i had a new one and i really love canon printers
got it out the box, downloaded the software and guess what??? the same thing is happening
it will print either faintly in b&w despite what is on screen
and only in a5 despite selecting a4
i could cry i really could
i can get my printer to show in the printer browser box throught the set up utility but it doesnt show my model to select a driver and you have to click on one of them...
i click on more printers and i get a spinning wheel and then nothing
am i doing something inherently and obviously wrong?
i tried reinstalling the tiger upgrade and just upgrading the canon printers through custom install but no joy
my mac has been on and restarted more times than i can bear
i rang canon and they said 'open the print center' in utilities but there isnt one???
i ended up stopping the call because i was not getting anywhere
i have been using macs for over 8 years, I can usually sort everything
i am perplexed
please please you lovely people can anyone help???
Happy new year from Louise

hmmm, i didnt have to install a driver, it seems, after 3 days of hair pulling and teeth gnashing I realised that the tiger would recognise the printer without me doing anything
but it took me a long time to get there
i couldn't see the wood for the trees
i just thought i would update my posting incase anyone else is suffering
i feel a bit stupid actually, especially after I lost my rag at the Canon helpline...

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