Help! All-in-One shuts down :

Hello, I have an old psc 1215 all-in-one printer. It made it's job for a long period of time with success, now I only need it for random prints once in a while so I don't want to buy a new one. The problem is that the printer shuts down when sending the printing command from the computer to the printer. I have tried with two different color ink cartriges: the 57 one and the 28 one. Tried running the HP Diagnostic Utility with no success, it is reporting that everything is fine. My warranty has expired, don't know what to do now. If anyone could help me I would much appreciate it, also, have you ever experienced something similar to this? I tried searching this problem on Google but with no success, it seems no one has ever had this kind of problem.
Thanks in advance and I hope we could figure this out!
P.S. I am using Windows XP SP3 with all the necessary drivers installed correctly.

Also, I suggest you update your software.
Russ

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14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server 2.0
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] All rights reserved.
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14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Opened:
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Recving on VNet/vmnet8/172.16.120.0
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Sending on VNet/vmnet8/172.16.120.0
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server 2.0
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
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14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Setting vmnet-dhcp IP address: 172.16.193.254
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Opened:
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Recving on VNet/vmnet1/172.16.193.0
14/07/2010 20:18:57 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Sending on VNet/vmnet1/172.16.193.0
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14/07/2010 20:19:07 1PasswordAgent[144] Missing strings entry: "Trash" = "";
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14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
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14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
14/07/2010 20:19:16 Skype[148] ERROR: MacChatMessage wrapper could not FindObjectByDbID by object DBID
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14/07/2010 20:20:29 com.apple.diskmanagementd[213] XML representation doesn't match true boot preference
14/07/2010 20:20:29 com.apple.diskmanagementd[213] Boot option does not match XML representation
14/07/2010 20:20:29 com.apple.diskmanagementd[213] XML representation doesn't match true boot preference
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14/07/2010 20:20:29 [0x0-0x1d01d].com.apple.systempreferences[210] 2010-07-14 20:20:29.748 readconfig[219:903] isInterfaceBuiltin IOServiceGetMatchingService
14/07/2010 20:20:29 [0x0-0x1d01d].com.apple.systempreferences[210] 2010-07-14 20:20:29.750 readconfig[219:903] isNetBootable IOServiceGetMatchingService
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14/07/2010 20:20:30 com.apple.diskmanagementd[213] Boot option does not match XML representation
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14/07/2010 20:28:19 SubmitDiagInfo[273] Submitted hang report: /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences2010-07-14-202159richard-owens-macbook.hang
14/07/2010 20:31:04 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[115] ([0x0-0x11011].com.apple.iChatAgent[172]) Exited: Killed
14/07/2010 20:31:04 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[115] ([0x0-0xe00e].com.apple.iTunesHelper[153]) Exited: Killed
14/07/2010 20:31:04 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[115] ([0x0-0x23023].com.apple.mail[225]) Exited: Killed
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14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server 2.0
14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] All rights reserved.
14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Please contribute if you find this software useful.
14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
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14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Setting vmnet-dhcp IP address: 172.16.120.254
14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Opened:
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14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Sending on VNet/vmnet8/172.16.120.0
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14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
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14/07/2010 20:31:35 com.vmware.launchd.vmware[50] Sending on VNet/vmnet1/172.16.193.0
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14/07/2010 20:33:59 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[115] ([0x0-0x19019].com.apple.systempreferences[198]) Exited: Terminated

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I also recall there being some system log file that can be viewed or posted that shows what the culprit might be, but I can't seem to remember what it was called and where it was stored.
thanks
-Ken

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