Items in Print Queue disappear (HP LaserJet 1200)

&It happens quite regularly that when I send several documents to my HP LaserJet 1200, some of them disappear from the queue even before the data can be sent to the printer. An example of what happened only minutes ago: I sent 4 documents to the printer, the queue send "sending data" for doc #1, lamp flashed on the printer, then the lamp stopped flashing, the doc was NOT printed and the other 3 docs as well as that one were removed from the queue list.
I contacted who were not of any help. They said to uninstall all the drivers and let Tiger reinstall them.
Fine. But how do I uninstall? They have not responded, there is no info on their site (or even in Mac OS Help about uninstalling printer drivers), nor does the installer downloaded from HP have an uninstall option.
I can remove all sorts of files, but I don't want to remove a file which is necessary for the system to run nor do I wish to leave a file which should be removed.
So, two questions: has anyone experienced this problem and, if so, is there as solution; and how to I uninstall/reinstall the printer drivers?
G4 MMD dual 1.47 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, Radeon 9000 Pro 64 MB Mac OS X (10.4.3) 120 250 GB internal drives, HP LaserJet 1200, Epson R200, 60 GB iPod
G4 MMD dual 1.47 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, Radeon 9000 Pro 64 MB Mac OS X (10.4.6) 120 & 250 GB internal drives, HP 1200, Epson R200, 60 GB iPod

An update: I was on the phone with HP. They were not helpful at all. The only suggestion they could come up with is that the documents in question contained PostScript level 3 and the printer can only deal with level 2 at highest. Of course, this doesn't really account for the fact that other documents disappear from the queue, that the same document prints out directly to an Epson 200 color inkjet printer. I have the feeling that maybe HP is just crap and that's the end of it. Or...????

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