System Preferences---corrupt Icon?

When I open my System Preferences, the former icon for the printer seems corrupted. I can click on it, and it will open printer/fax preferences, BUT the icon itself looks strange. It's an oversized light switch with "print & fax" at the bottom half-way cut off. I certainly don't remember it being this way last time I opened system preferences!
I've already tried to re-start, but it did not fix the problem.
Thanks!

check this out:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=483993&tstart=0
post back if the suggestions there didn't help... but it looks to be precisely the same problem (corrupted cache).... cheers

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