Printer Driver wont work

I run an Epson 9800 printer on iMac 10.5.8 which has worked fine until I ran a security and bluetooth update and now it just wont see the printer at all. Ive deleted the driver and downloaded it again but when i go to Add new printer its just not showing up at all, can anyone help?

First try Reset Printing System:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/14001.html
If it doesn't help, try repairing the hard drive ("Try Disk Utility"):
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417

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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486
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