New iMac G5 mobo now can't print

The local Apple store recently replaced my 20" gen 1 iMac G5 motherboard. Now when I go print from Safari, Preview, Acrobat etc. All I get is a blank white rectangle and I have to force quit the APP. But the Force Quit does not says NOT RESPONDING. I can print from InDesign and Quark and can set-up new printers.
Very Strange. I am running 10.3.9.
Any clues out there? I tried to just archive and install 10.3 again but it won't boot off my 10.3 upgrade disk. Probably needs the original install disk. It will boot from a Tiger upgrade but I don't want to move to Tiger since I have some apps that are buggier under 10.4 than 10.3.9

Hi guidingbyte,
When something won't work with Apple applications, but will with other software the cause is usually a problem with the common "framework" files (stored in your HD/System/Library/Frameworks folder ) which Apple applications make use of.
When it comes to printing the two "frameworks" involved are the "Application Services" Framework and, sometimes, the "Carbon" Framework.
First thing I would try in your case is downloading the 10.3.9 "Combo" version of the update from http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html (its a big download, but don't try to save time by using the smaller "delta" version), installing it and rebooting. You can do this while booted from your HD.
Run Disk Utility to "repair permissions" before installing the update. It would also be a good idea to boot up in "Safe Mode" , first, to force the disk repair routines to run, and then restart normally before applying the update..
Cheers
Rod

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