Is there a log of what updates i just installed on my mac 10.8.2

I automatically performed an update and now I can not print to my HP 4700 printer (from any programs: CS3, Word, Entourage, PDF). Is there a list of what updates where downloaded, so that I could have a better idea of what I changed that resulted in not being able to print? I'm able to send a file to be printed to the 4700, the printer "wakes up" and starts processing the data and then just stops. No error message.
What I would like to do is revert back to the state that allowed me to print without any problems. How do I get to that point, if I don't know what it was that changed?
Please help!

From the apple Menu select Software Update
Allow it to scan for any available up dates.
When finished click on Software update in the menu bar scroll down to preferences then click on that
In the window that opens click on Installed Software radio button and a list/bill of materials is displayed showing all recent Apple distributed software updates that have initiated by you with the date and time. of that process.
Now as it happens Apple has recently distributed a number of HP Printer Driver Updates.
What I would recommend is first turn your printer off and remove the USB cable. Wait a few mnutes and reconnect the cable and reboot your printer
Try a test print
This will flush what it a cashdriver issue and your printer should work again.
If that does not work go to system preferences/print and scan highlight your printer in the left pane and below that click the minus button to remove your printer.
Now click the plus button and follow the process for adding a new printer.
You may well find the recent Apple printer package has an updated driver for your printer.

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[Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393]
[What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392]
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"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer (Edit: Do not use this disc if it is not the same general version as what you have currently on your computer, e.g. use a Tiger disc for a Tiger drive, not a Panther disc), then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
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4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
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6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
Then Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes."
If no installer disc, then try the command line repair method.
If you don't have an installer disc available you can try effecting repairs using [fsk in Single User Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214].
[Post by japamac about using fsk|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1649143&tstart=0]
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