MBP losing 'communication' with printer!!!!!!!!!

Hi
I don't seem to be having as many printing problems as many people but I do have one recurring issue.
Often when I try and print a document nothing happens, if I check the printer icon it says the computer has lost communication with the printer.
If I pause printing and then resume it ALWAYS prints perfectly.
This does not happen all the time but very frequently.
Any ideas?
HP AIO C6180
Install of Leopard was archive and install.
Cheers.
Robin

Any suggestions would be appreciated as we have tried everything we can
think of
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Hi Jeff,
I do not know what OS you are using but is it possible that the OS
scheduled tasks with higher priority threads start working after a periodic
interval. In such scenario freezing of your application is possible. Try
working with only systray, explorer in the background when your daq
application is launched.
Another possibility is use of old version of printer driver - some HP
printers do not have Windows 98 drivers.
I worked with SCXI 1200 and the Chassis and had no problems on Windows 95 -
although I didn't acquire data for a long time.
Hope this helps
Good luck
Rishipa
[email protected]

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