Appleworks document won't print on my emac

I can get my emac computer to print from the internet as well as scan and print. For some reason it won't print from a basic appleworks word processing document. In the print box, I get " Unable to open the printer connection". I'm confused, I connect to print from the internet, why won't it print from appleworks. I know nothing about printer connections. I realize my computer is referred to as "vintage". It worked just fine and all of a sudden it quit printing. What did I do wrong? I NEED HELP !!! I have wedding invitations I need to send out ASAP and I am getting nervous. Thanks to anyone who gives me a quick response.

Hi p-h,
That quick post was a workaround that I thought would let you print right away.
What might cure the problem is deleting AppleWorks's preferences files. See this post by Peggy in the User Tips library for details.
Regards,
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