Epson Disappeared?

I set up my Epson Stylus Photo RX500 printer to my Aiport Extreme, so far works fine. I needed to scan something so I pulled cable and connected printer directly to computer and the Epson Icon on Dock is now "gone" and there is no Epson nothing in my Applications Folder or ANYWHERE on computer (except if I open Print/Fax in Systems Preferences you see Epson in printer choices) How can my computer work with the Epson Printer and not have any Epson anything anywhere on my computer?
What has happened or what am I doing wrong? Thanks!
God Bless
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