No Color in Printed Documents

Greetings
I am running OS 10.1 with Quark 4 installed on the classic side
In the past I have printed out business cards with blue and black type, using Lucinda Handwriting and Skia fonts.
Today I went to print more, and not only is the skia font gone, but the printer only prints in black.
I have not changed anything as far as settings, as this is pretty much the extent of what I use classic for.
Any help in getting the pages to print back to two colors would be greatly appreciated.
The printer I am using is a canon i960.
Thanks for any suggestions

Will the printer print a color picture? This will verify the printer operation. If Yes, the problem lies elsewhere.
Could be caused by the missing skia font. Make a copy of the business card file & change the font to a different one. Now will it print OK?
 Cheers, Tom

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