Desktop printer

I've had problems recently with 'communication errors' when trying to print. These problems seem to have been solved after reading around these forums, and downloading up-to-date drivers.
However, on my PowerBook, I've lost my Desktop Printer icon - what I get instead is a generic icon which looks like a blank page with the top right corner turned over instead of the previous printer icon.
This is a minor but irritating point. How do I go about getting the correct icon back?

Hi Rod,
I'd try this...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go.
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
10.5/10.6 instructions...
In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.
if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486
Reboot & add the Printer again.

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