HP Laserjet 4si - only prints the first time

I have an iMac with OS X and an old HP Laserjet 4si. I connected with a USB-parallel cable and in System Preferences selected the generic Gutenprint PCL 5 driver. I restarted the OS and printed 5 pages of a 59 page document. Worked great (a little slow, but to be expected).
I went back to print the next 5 pages of the document. The document went to the print queue but nothing went to the printer. I turned the printer off and back on, no difference. I deleted the document from the print queue, restarted the OS and again tried to print the next 5 pages. This time it worked. Again I sent a second document to the printer, the document went to the print queue but nothing went to the printer.
So why do I need to restart each time I print something? Should I be using a different driver? Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I don't plan on using the 4si a whole lot, but I've had it forever and it really is a great printer, cheap to use, so I'd like to get it working with my mac. I suppose I could just suck it up and restart between print jobs, but of course I'd rather not be bothered. Would really appreciate any help with this.

I think you would get more help if you posted in the Printing, faxing and scanning forum for Leopard. The URL is:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1224
Regards,
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Please check whether the Event Viewer contains errors or warnings related to this issue .
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(720 Views)
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/HP-LaserJet-Pro-400-M401dne-print-only-one-page-document/td-p/6456104#.VK5gLHkfrwo
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