"Print & Fax" preference pane is GONE!!!

I have been having trouble printing to my USB connected printer on my Imac from my G4 powerbook.
In looking into the problem, I have noticed that the "print & fax" preference pane in System Preferences is missing on both computers. I have a strange feeling that this is why my wireless shared printed has ceased.
Has anyone else had this problem or know of a way to get the Print & Fax pane back??
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Shea

Ok...I tried your suggestions below, but upon restart, the preference pane STILL is not shown in System Preferences. I checked in the HD/System/Library/PreferencePane folder and I don't even see the Print & Fax prefPane listed among all the others...
Any other suggestions??
Shea,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Quit System Preferences if it's running and trash the
following file:
Macintosh
HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Caches/com.apple.prefere
ncepanes.cache
Log out/in or restart and try the Print & Fax
Preference Pane.
;~)

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