Help! Print Dialog Box Crashes!!!

Please help.
I open System Prefs and click 'Print & Fax'. I click + to add a printer. The dialog box opens for a few seconds and then closes. Just that window. I cannot add a printer at all or even print anything for that matter. I ran Printer Therapy and it finds nothing wrong. Same with TechTool Pro. Nothing seems to be wrong except this. Someone please help. This is a disaster. I even Logged out and tried a different user and it does the same thing!

Because it does the same with another user, this may not help, but it’s worth a try.
Go to the folder:
Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences
(where “yourusername” is the short name of your computer, like storm - the folder looks like a house/home)
Move the file com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the Desktop and restart.
If it doesn’t help, move the .plist file on the Desktop back into the original Preferences folder to replace the newly created one. If it does help, you’ll need to reset all your other System Preferences.

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