Pages not printing... only opening printer

Hi, when I go to print a document in Pages all that happens is the printer utility opens up and then closes in a matter of seconds with no activity at the actual printer. It is as if the information just is not sending to the printer. This is the only program that is doing this and it used to work when I first bought iWork. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Since this is a new problem & only affecting Pages, it probably is a corrupt preference/.plist. Quit Pages & then go to HD > Users > [your account] > Library > Preferences & delete the file com.apple.iWork.Pages.plist, empty the Trash & restart Pages.
Let us know if that works or not. If it doesn't, maybe one of us can think of something else.

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