Officejet J4680 won't stop printing

Hi,
Before I contact HP support, thougth I would see if anyone here can help.
I have just bought a J4680 all in one. Whenever I send anything to print (from any application), it keeps printing multiple copies until I delete the print job from my PC. Can any one shed any light on this or suggest a solution?
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (all updates installed), and the all in one is connected via wi-fi. Have tried switching off firewall (Zonealarm) but same thing happens. Have un-installed and re-installed the printer and software but still the same.
Thanks in advance
Paul
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Just an update after contacting HP tech support, seems to have sorted out the issue.
In case anyone else has a similar problem here is what they suggested. (Four steps, if the first doesn't work, move on to the next)
Step 1: Set number of copies
Pretty self explanatory, make number of copies is set to one. Had obviously already checked this so moved on to next step.
Step 2: Restart the Print Spooler device
1. Open Administrative Tools. - Click system maintenance in control panel, then click administrative tools..
2. Double-click Services.
3. On the User Account Control window, click Continue.
4. Click Print Spooler.
5. Click Stop to stop the Print Spooler.
6. Click Start to restart the Print Spooler.
7. Click OK.
8. Restart the computerDidn't work for me, but others may have more luck.
Step 3: Print directly to the printer
1. In control panel click Hardware and sounds.
2. Right-click the printers icon.
3. Locate and click on HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One Printer icon
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the Advance tab.
5. Click Print directly to the printer.
6. Click OKThis did stop the first problem of the printer continuing to print, but left the document queued so when I sent anything else to print it got stuck in the queue and was unable to delete the first job in the queue.
Step 4: Install Alternate DriversThis step did the job, seems strange that I have to use drivers for another printer, surely HP should make sure its drivers work before releasing a product, or if they know these drivers work, why not ship these with the officejet and rename them?
Anyway, just add a new printer from the control panel, choosing the local option and LPT1 as the port, and select the HP 990c from the list as the printer to install. Once installed, right click on the printer within the printers folder and select properties (see previous step). Click the Ports tab, from here change the port to the one set up for the J4680

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