Missing Icon in System Pref.

Hi. I open system preferences and the "Print & Fax" icon is missing. In its place is a light switch, what seems to be in the "off" position. Also I could see the top half of the "Print & Fax" line. What can I do to get it back?

Quit System Preferences if it is open, and choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu. Enter ~/Library/Caches/ as the folder's location, throw away the item named com.apple.preferencepanes.cache inside, and then restart System Preferences.
(20191)

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