Epson R1800 Missing Utility

I'm thinking this is more an Epson issue, than Apple, but...
We recently installed the new Time Capsule to do our backups, and act as a print server for multiple macs on our home network... It appears that once we plugged the Epson R1800 printer into the Time Capsule, the printer utility software no longer sees the printer, and has been rendered useless.. I've seen a couple discussions where in order for the utility to work, the printer must be plugged directly into the computer USB port... but these discussions were dated last November...
Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved by Epson, or is this something I'll have to deal with?
Also, if we were to upgrade to a printer that has an ethernet port instead of a USB port, will the printer utility work when plugged into the time capsule?
thanks!

You can try installing 10.5.4 and the new AirPort upgrade to 7.3.2. Be warned that some users have experienced problems after upgrading. My Samsung printer didn't work with via Time Capsule until 10.5.3.

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