Installed Epson printer driver from two places..

I recently upgraded to a new MacBook and Snow Leopard. I use an Epson printer & scanner, and an HP all-in-one at work. I didn't realize that 10.6.2 had built-in drivers and installed the Epson and HP drivers & software from the company websites (not apple.com). Then I saw the December Epson printer driver update on apple.com and downloaded that...
Do I now have a bunch of repeat installs?
Thanks!

Hello Elise:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Do I now have a bunch of repeat installs?
Short answer - maybe.
If the printers are working properly, I would not be concerned. If they are not, you could do a "find" (include system files in the search) and see what you have. You could also reinstall OS X 10.6 over your current system and then run software update. I would not do that (time involved) unless you are having problems.
Barry

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