Will Archive and Install fix my Print Problems?

Was running 10.39, all was fine.
Repaired Permissions, used Tiger Update DVD
to update from my 10.39 to Tiger 10.4.
Rebooted, repaired permissions from Tiger Disc.
Rebooted, installed OSX 10.4.4 Combo update to
get up to latest Tiger.
Ran all patches I need from Software update,
rebooted to Tiger Update DVD,
repaired all permissions.
Rebooted back, now I cannot print to my Canon i560 USB printer.
I get the dreaded "services-" error.
I re-downloaded the driver from Canon's Website
(disc is misplaced right now). Tried to load it, got to
a part in the installer, and hung. After half and hour,
force quit it, rebooted, tried the "Printer Repair Permissions" fix, Printer Utility now shows the Canon Printer as a USB printer, but the driver selection gives
me a lot of "BJ-Gimp" printer selections, but no "i560".
Now the kicker: I took the printer and disconnected it
from the Mac, and connected it to my wife's iBook,
which runs 10.4.3, and it found and connected flawlessly,
and I could get a PDF printed.
My other issues on this mac is that Compressor has stopped
working, but I have got it to the point of where it
at least run somewhat using a Terminal fix I found
on the forums. But I'm strongly thinking that to get this
baby into shape and running smoothly like the iBook
does, I should do an Archive and Install of OSX 10.4,
then patch up to 10.4.3, then possibly 10.4.4.
Any thoughts before I make the attempt?

Thanks, after a looooong night of re-installing
back from DVD to 10.4, then up to 10.4.3,
(why press my luck?)
then re-installing FCP 4 and DVDSP 3, and doing all patches, both my Compressor 1.21 works great as before, and I got my printer settings back. I did have a bit of a bout with the
"blue screen of death" but all is great now!

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