Smartform - Printing differently on different printers

Hi Guru's,
I've a problem in printing the smartform to 2 different printers.
1. LOCL - we don't have any problems in printing to the Local Printer.
2.HP Printer (HIITPRT21) - when we print the document using this printer , Header is printing in one page and the Remaining contents (Main Window) is printing in different pages.
I don't think there is a problem with the smartform, because it should print the same way on LOCL as HP Printer Does.
Could you please let me know where the problem is and how to resolve it???
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=190743231
The above blog is talking about the problems, it is mentioning about the problems with the print controls..how to know which one is causing the problems??
Thanks,
Adi.

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