Connecting Epson Stylus Photo 950 to Airport express

Have just received Airport Express (AE) but cannot get printer to work through its USB port.
AE can see the printer (correct model and type) according to Airport Admin Utility, and I can add the printer via Bonjour in the Printer Utility. If I view the Printer Queue when trying to print a document it shows a message telling me it is trying to find the printer and then tells me it is printing 8%..20% etc. and gets stuck. Nothing gets printed.
Apple support tell me it must be a printer driver problem and indeed Epson tell me that their printer drivers don't support AE. However I can see from the discussions on this forum that some Epson printers work. Can anyone clarify for me if this printer is supported, or not: or if they have got one to work.
I am running MACOS 10.4.4 with version 6.3 of the Airport Express frimware. I was using the Gimp-Print printer drivers; the latest Epson driver doesn't seem to recognise a printer is connected.

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