Gutenprint quits repeatedly & Epson Driver has gone nuts

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, when I attempt to print from my Epson R340, Gutenprint quits the moment I click the "Print" command in the printer setup window.
On the other hand, when I print from Photoshop, I somehow end up in what looks like my normal Epson print window, but the printer goes berserk and spits out several blank pages, two of which have half of my image printed on them.
Comments appreciated.

Did you possibly have a later version of Gutenprint installed before you updated? OS X 10.6 ships with Gutenprint v5.2.3. A later version of Gutenprint was released shortly before OS X 10.6 shipped and did not make it into the OS X 10.6 release.
If you had the latter version of Gutenprint installed before updating to OS X 10.6, the Snow Leopard installer will make your printers stop working. The solution is to reinstall Gutenprint v5.2.4. This is available from http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
If that is not your case, please use a web browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:631/admin/log/error_log? This will display the CUPS error_log. There should be an error notice (begins with 'E date...' there followed by multiple lines of debugging information (begins with 'D date...'). Please post the error message and perhaps 50 to 75 lines of the debugging information.
Matt
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