Cannot print PDF file on my  HP 1200 Series Laserjet printer.

I have a Mac computer 27inch which has been working well with my HP 1200 Laserjet printer until about two months ago.  I am wondering if the newest update for my operating system has caused a conflict.   It sits and spends many minutes trying to load the file to the printer,  then just acts like it has already done it and the printer screen shows that is is completed.   My operating system is  OS X 10.9.5  (Maverick) Have not been able to use printer,  I have another printer that is Epson all in one and it works fine, but the ink is expensive compared to the use of my Laserjet printer. 
Thanks for any help on this. 

leroy5471 wrote:
I have also seen a error message pop up on my screen saying that someone else on my network is also using my IP address.  I really don't understand what that means.    It occasionally does this and states the ip address number.   I don't know how to search and find another ip address or to change it on my Mac.  We have three computers and several cell phones in the house plus an Ipad and Ipod.  So I guess we have at least 9 connections to the network.   Just don't know how to identify each IP number and who is using what.
If you have all of your network devices set to DHCP, then your wireless router is responsible for allocating an IP address to each device. If there is one or more devices not set to DHCP, then this is when you can get a message about a device already using the same IP address.
To check what IP addresses have been allocated to all network devices you can connect to the wireless router web page.  Here there should be a page that displays each device connected to the router and what IP address it is using.
leroy5471 wrote:
I have gotten it to print a pdf file finally.   It has been getting slower and slower in printing the files.  Sometimes 10 minutes till it finally prints.  Even for one page.    Other times it
has not printed at all.  I appreciate your input,  It gives me a few more ideas.  I may need to download an updated Adobe Reader.  I feel like I am getting close.
If you have been using Acrobat Reader every time this PDF does not print then try opening the PDF in Preview to see if you get the same symptom.
Also, if you prefer to use Acrobat Reader, from the print dialog you will see an Advanced button next to the printer name. Opening this will show a check button titled "Print as Image". This can help with PDFs that contain layering, in that it will flatten the PDF by converting it to a raster file before sending it to the printer. While this can result in creating a larger spool file that can then result in the transfer from the Mac to the printer taking longer, it often helps with getting some PDF files to print.

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