HP Deskjet 5940, Properties, "give print sample'' doesn't work right.

When I want to see a print sample before the real print will be started - I did define this- then I see an old print sample. When I ignore this and make the real print, it is the print that I really wanted. When I repeat this action then I get the real print sample. Only after a restart of the computer the problem is there again: I see the same old print sample, only the first time. So that old print sample sticks in the memory and I see it always and only when I order the first print after the startup of the computer. The real print will be given anyway.
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