Epson Inkjets -- horrible quality printouts, missing colors w/ Tiger 10.4.3

Ever since the updates to Tiger 10.4, my Epson Stylus C82 inkjet (which has worked perfectly for the past three years) will no longer print all four colors. I'm lucky if I can even get a b/w text print that isn't spotty and missing bands of ink all the way down the page. I've cleaned the print heads so many times I've used up half the ink in the brand new Epson CMYK cartridges I'd installed (thinking the problem was old ink). I also tried using a utility that was often suggested on the discussion boards, called Printer Setup Repair, which I think may have somehow made things even worse.
I decided maybe it was just time for a new printer. To experiment, I borrowed my brother-in-law's brand new unused Stylus C86, loaded it with new Epson ink, and it's even worse than the C82 -- it spools, loads the paper, the print heads make like they're laying down the ink, but it spits out a blank page. I can't even get it to give me a nozzle check confirmation pattern after cleaning the print heads in the Printer Utility. I took the cartridges out, thinking maybe the seal wasn't broken at the tips, but of course, they were (too easy -- wishful thinking).
With both printers I'm using the right Epson inks, the same basic all-purpose ink jet paper I've always used, and I'm trying to print simple one-page tests from Mail, Preview, and Safari, nothing fancy like Quark or Photoshop. This is just so bizarre, I can't imagine what's happened. I haven't been able to get a decent print since mid-September.
I should also mention, I first went through the unfortunately popular issue where Epson Printer Utility does not work with the Tiger-bundled Gimp drivers. And the whole thing where it starts to spool something , then crashes. So I installed Epson's latest drivers and set up those in the Printer Setup Utility. Of course, now I'm having trouble sharing my printer, but that's not exactly an issue, since I can't share a printer that doesn't print in the first place. I'm not sure if these issues are related to the aforementioned strange and hideous print quality, except that it all started happening around the same time after the Tiger updates.
Any info or suggestions would be much appreciated (as well as accounts of similar horror stories).
Dual 2.3 GHz Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) Epson Stylus C82 and C86 Inkjet Printers

Thank you for replying to my post.
Yes, I can do a nozzle check with the USB unplugged,
and I still get poor results on the C82 and nothing
on the C86. I just can't believe both printers are
broken. The C86 is new, and they were both working
fine previously.
Epsons are notorious for getting their print heads clogged. Run the clean print head routine a few times. If that doesn't work, return the new printer 'cause it's dead out of the box. The old printer, well, once Epson print heads get to a certain level of clogging, nothing will unclog them. Toss the printer and get a new one. Hint: HP and (some) Canon printers put the print heads in the ink cartridges, while Epson and (some) Canons have the print heads in the printers. Machines which have the heads in the carts also have an easy fix for severe clogs: toss the cart. Warning: HP printer drivers stink.
If you don't need colour, you might think seriously about getting a low-end laser.
I just got the C82 to print readably, but still
completely missing magenta and with minimal
fuzziness. This was just dumb luck though, from
letting the printer sit idle for several hours.
It's still clogged. Clean the heads a few times again, or just toss it.
And yes, I've tried setups through the Print & Fax
pref pane, which usually works better than going
through the Printer Setup Utility which tends to
freeze and crash.
I wish I could afford to just buy another printer.
But I'm still worried it's something to do with my
computer, since both printers are having problems
simultaneously, and they're both really good
all-purpose printers.
It's not your machine. It's Epson.
Dual 2.3 GHz Power Mac G5 Mac OS X
(10.4.3)
Dual
2.3 GHz Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)
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