I have lost my printer

I have suddenly lost the ability to print from my iMac. No matter what program I try to print from (Word, Excel, Mail, etc) I get an error message and when I go to printer set up it tells me that no printer is selected. When I try "adding" a printer my HP deskjet 5550 does not appear as a choice.
Another mystery - if I do a search in finder it goes on forever and does not find anything. Before today I got instantaneous listings of anything that contained the 'find' spelling.
Any help will be appreciated
Thank you, john

Hi
Have you got the most up-to-date driver?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=219
&lc=en&cc=us〈=en&dlc=en&product=71896
Also, iMac G5 not an Intel machine, this is the Intel
forum. Not sure I can help with 2nd problem as never
had it, perhaps someone else can.
Steve
Thanx for the input Steve. I did download the latest HP S/W as suggested but I also restarted my iMac and suddenly the printing and the finder are working quite well. However, I now have a new problem - Everything is suddenly enormous; the font on this screen, the mail box listings in Mail, everything and it all overflows the screen. It seems like an error in my resolution setting but I have tried changing that to no avail. When I first looked it was set at 800x500. What should be the resolution setting for a 17" iMac G5?
Also, I am confused - my iMac is an Intel dual core G5 (at least I think it is).
Thank you, john

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