Unable to Print - OS Problem?

Epson CX4200, connected via USB, has all of a sudden simply refused to print. This occurred absent any other system mods or actions or indications at all. All jobs are stopped immediately and cannot be re-started. Jobs can be added to and deleted from the queue, and can be re-started but then immediately stop. Dock symbol shows expected red !, which is also mirrored in the Print Dialogue when present. On attempts to print the printer has no reaction whatsoever and the job is stopped very quickly.
Troubleshooting so far:
a. Tried from different apps and different User accounts — same results.
b. Logged out, logged out to Restart, powered down the printer and back on, removed and reinserted USB cables, tried most permutations and combinations of the above — same results.
c. Several iterations of removing & reinstalling the printer using Printer Setup Utility — same.
d. All other, e.g., non-printing functions of the Epson (copy, scan, self test, etc.) continue to work just fine.
Ran Printer Setup Repair and printer/system passed all checks done with the exception on one file found to be missing. Partial text of their error message is as follows:
.. Starting permission verification and repair... The file /private/etc/cups/ppds.dat is missing. This file is deleted when using the Reset Printing System option. .. Recreating symbolic links... .. Done. ... Verification complete. ... 2456 files examined. No problems were found.
1 missing files/directories found during the verification process. They may be responsible for certain printing problems. Printer Setup Repair cannot replace these items. Please refer to the log file for a list of the missing files/directories. You may need to reinstall OS X to resolve your printing issues. Certain files and directories are deleted when using the Reset Printing System option. These files and directories, if required, will be recreated during normal printing.
I have no idea what that ppds.dat file is or does, but it does seem that they were telling the truth when saying that they couldn't create a new one. I certainly tried every option in that program that seemed like it might do, including total resets and reinstalls of everything, and the situation is unchanged.
The $64K Q appears to be — Am I really left with an OS reinstall? And, if so, what would be the best way to go about that?
Realize that this is sort of a broad question to end with, but would really appreaciate any inputs of assistance.

No, this isn't app-specific; it does the same thing and shows the same symptoms in all apps.
The CUPS log (appended) shows the error occuring, or at least I assume that's what the E displays are indicating. I've no clue as to what an 85 code might be, and don't know how to use the 'debug' setting that they keep recommending.
Does this make any sense to anyone else? I just pulled a few of the last tries off of the end of the log display —
I [01/May/2006:15:10:14 -0700] Printer 'Stylus_CX4200' started by ''.
I [01/May/2006:15:10:14 -0700] Started filter /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr (PID 238) for job 1.
E [01/May/2006:15:10:15 -0700] PID 238 stopped with status 85!
I [01/May/2006:15:10:15 -0700] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I [01/May/2006:15:10:15 -0700] Saving printers.conf...
I [01/May/2006:15:37:14 -0700] Saving printers.conf...
I [01/May/2006:15:37:14 -0700] Printer 'Stylus_CX4200' started by ''.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:14 -0700] Started filter /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr (PID 321) for job 1.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:15 -0700] Adding start banner page "none" to job 2.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:15 -0700] Job 2 queued on 'Stylus_CX4200' by 'michaelm'.
E [01/May/2006:15:37:16 -0700] PID 321 stopped with status 85!
I [01/May/2006:15:37:16 -0700] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:16 -0700] Saving printers.conf...
I [01/May/2006:15:37:27 -0700] Saving printers.conf...
I [01/May/2006:15:37:27 -0700] Printer 'Stylus_CX4200' started by ''.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:27 -0700] Started filter /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr (PID 324) for job 1.
E [01/May/2006:15:37:28 -0700] PID 324 stopped with status 85!
I [01/May/2006:15:37:28 -0700] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I [01/May/2006:15:37:28 -0700] Saving printers.conf...

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