Photo/printing apps fail to launch. Why?

I upgraded from Leopard to 10.6.6 on my 2007 MacPro the other day, just after adding an ATI Radeon 5770 graphics card to feed an Apple 27" LED Cinema Display. Everything seemed to work fine until I tried running some photo and printing apps. Then I discovered that Photoshop CS4 won't recognize the driver for my Epson 3880 when I try to print, although it recognizes the 2400's driver. In addition, ColorMunki simply freezes on launch without displaying anything and has to be forced to quit, and both Epson LFP Remote Panel and Aperture 3 give a notice that a fault prevented the launch, and that the app might not be compatible with the current version of the OS. I haven't found any other balky apps, but I haven't tried launching everything. Safari works and so does Mail. Printer drivers have been repeatedly reinstalled, from DVD and from the Epson site.
I replaced the X1900 card and the 24" HD Cinema display, found the problem persisted, and went back to the 5770/27". So the problem is not with the card or the display.
Wondering if I had a corrupted installation of the OS, I reinstalled 10.6.3 from the DVD, found the problem persisted, updated to 10.6.6, and found the problem persisted.
The strange thing is that I have absolutely no problem with any of these apps, or any other problem, with 10.6.6 on my MacBook Pro or my iMac. So the problem is not with the OS.
What IS the problem? And why is it occurring only with apps that access printers/printer drivers? There must be a clue in there. HELP!
—howard

Is it the Epson Stylus Pro 3800?
Have you installed the driver on that page? It adds support to the driver already installed.
If that isn't your model search for it there.
DALE

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