Appleworks 6.4 printing probs

Question

Sorry this is long, but the following probs have arisen at home & at work since updating to 10.4.4 & a/wx 6.4:
Many of my previous template documents now only print in a sort of dark grey, although they are black on-screen, and those created since updating print fine.
Printing in general:
1 Printing collated [ie pages in reverse order] is the only outcome, whether it's selected or not.
2 First printing after opening Appleworx is fine, but subsequently one can only print 1 copy at a time, and only 'all pages' - the radio buttons and number boxes do not respond.
We use canon printers, but so does the 'puter with 10.3 and a/wx 6.2.2, with no probs. There isn't a driver update, and I've tried reinstalling printer & a/wx

Answer 1

since updating to 10.4.4 &
a/wx 6.4:
In addition to Barbara's (and Peggy's) suggestions, have you Fixed Permissions since the update? Use the Disk utility application (in Utilities in your Applications folder) the fix permissions after any software installation or update.
Regards,
Barry
BTW, "collate" isn't "reverse order", it's 'print each set of pages as a separate set' as opposed to 'print all copies of page 1, then all copies of page 2...'
B