PDFDocumentRef

Hi
I'm trying to sort a printing problem on my mother's G4 Mac mini under 10.5.8 with all the latest patches except iTunes 10.
Every time she tries to print the following message appears:
can't create PDFDocumentRef for ' /private/var/spool/cups/d01942-001'
The number increases so that must be some kind of counter.
Any ideas what's causing this and how to sort it?
This reminiscent of the problem I had on my own system which I only resolved by reinstalling a cloned backup from some months earlier. Not an option here as her Firewire port has failed so there are no backups available.

I can think of several possible causes, but all would be guesses.
Delete the printer using System Preferences > Print & Fax and then just add the printer again. This will clear the print queue completely and rebuild the profile for the unit. Any corruption should be taken care of.

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