G3 Pismo Powerbook and HP Deskjet 3325 Printing Problems

The problem is that the Deskjet fails altogether to print sometimes. The error message tells me to allocate more memory to the printer. I do so but this does not help at all. I have 128Mb virtual memory turned on in addition to the built-in RAM of 128Mb.
Might the problem simply be lack of RAM? There does seem to be plenty of memory available if I look at ‘About this Computer’
In order to try and solve this problem, I have updated
OS 9.1 to 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 successfully
downloaded and installed the latest printer driver v.6.4 from the HP download site
I now have two options, among others, in the left-hand window of the Chooser:
The old printer driver called something like Deskjet 5.3 and the new printer driver called Inkjet 6.4
If I select the former, which is what I always did in the past, the Deskjet 3325 printer appears in the right-hand window of Chooser, I select it (with AppleTalk inactive) and then the document sometimes, but sometimes not, prints OK.
If on the other hand, I select the Inkjet 6.4 driver in the left-hand window, no printer at all appears in the right-hand window. If I just continue from here and give the print command inside, for example a Word document, the print dialogue appears, I click on print, but am then told that I have selected a model called HP 6670, which is the wrong model of printer, and must therefore select the right model. The Inkjet Printer Utility does not offer me the option of selecting the right model viz the 3325, or indeed any model.
It may or may not be relevant, but I have Word 5.1 and Word 98 on the G3. Printing problems seem to occur far more with Word 98 than Word 5.1.
I would be most grateful for any help. Thanks.
Nick
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Well. I'll answer my own question in case anyone is interested.
Uninstall the HP printer drivers.
To do this, delete all references to HP in the Extensions, Disabled Extensions, Preferences and Startup folders, all of them in the System folder, by selecting them, dragging them to the Trash and emptying the Trash.
Then do the same with all references to HP items in the Applications folder.
Download and reinstall the most-up-to-date printer driver avaialble for your printer from the HP website.

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