Help Epson 2200 print utility

Please help...the printer works fine since upgrading to Tiger 10.4.9 but when I try to access the Epson Printer Utility 2.14 to see what ink level I have it will not open and says it unexpectedly quit. Everything else seems to be working fine. Can anyone help? Thanks

Have you downloaded updated printer drivers and
utilities from the Epson website? I have the similar
R2400 printer and after I downloaded the software
updates for Intel based Macs, I am able to use the
utlity software to view ink levels, print the ink jet
test, etc. However, I am connected directly by a
Firewire cable from the printer to my iMac. That is,
I am not trying to print to a printer connected to
the network.
20" iMac
Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 MB
Ram, ATI Radeon X1600 w/ 256 MB
But, that is for an Intel apple. I don't have Intel. What now?

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After reading your post I didn't know whether to scream or cry. I think you just solved this mystery. Not in a good way mind you, but at least I now understand these issues a lot better.
To back up a bit: I did find a link for Epson drivers for my printer a few days back which I downloaded. And it is indeed the Gutenprint driver. This then explains how and why I spent all of today ******* in the wind trying to figure out why I could not -
1. Get my existing Epson Printer Utility to launch to check my low ink cartridge levels and;
2. Get my Epson Printer Utility 4 to launch.
All of these issues were due to the fact that I was using the Gutenprint Epson driver. Just great. Guess I will have to use my old PowerBook to print out my business cards. I am sure there will be other obstacles ahead with this issue. IMO, all of this is beyond stupid. There must be some other way to check my ink levels.
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