Hitting print brings up a "save to" box with an xls extension which when clicked says "unknown printer error"

When I try to print from any website or email I get a dialogue box with an xls extension and I am directed to "save to" it. When I try to do that, I get "unknown printer error" and the Firefox shuts down.

Your mentioning of A4 is pretty much meaningless when you do not also mention the resolution.
In any case I suspect that gif is an inappropriate format for what you are trying to achieve.
Please read these (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for quicker answers"):
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2325

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Hitting print brings up a "save to" box with an xls extension which when clicked says "unknown printer error"

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