Extremely slow printing (for all printers)

In the past my iMac used to print fine with the dialog box coming up very quickly. However, now, although all other applications are fast, it takes a long time for the print-dialog to open and then, at each action in this box, the wheel appears and I have to wait again.
And when the dialog does open the number of copies is blank (rather than '1').
Printing is OK with Word but I find that I cannot print from Safari and from several other applications (e.g. iPhoto). And of course the waiting is a real pain!
The message that I get when I cannot print is not at all informative ('unable to print') and I find that printing to PDF is also not possible.
I have increased RAM-memory (to 2Gb) and have tried repairing user permissions but this didn't help and so I image that I will now need to re-install or reset the printing system?
Has anyone had a similar problem? Maybe there is a HOWTO or a previous posting that will explain what the problem might be and how I could fix it?
Many, many thanks for any help that you can give me.
Regards,
Alan

The print drivers may be damaged.
Which printer ? and what version of drivers do you currently use ? ie. what is the version number of the printer utility software that you use with your printer.

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