PDFs from Appleworks won't print - OS X 10.4.9

I use Appleworks 6 and regularly create print files as PDFs from the print dialog box. Until I updated to 10.4.9, these PDF files printed without exception. Now, however, none of the files newly created by this application will print. (Other such PDFs, say created from Safari or Mail messages, do print.) My printer is an Apple LaserWriter 16/600 with 32 MB memory.
The green "busy" light on the LW flashes; when I check the print status, it says it is "processing job", with the word "Printing" shown next to the file name. Yet nothing is happening at the printer (except the flashing green light). No matter how long I let this job "process", nothing ever prints.
To free up the printer, I must delete the file from the job list, turn the printer off for a minute or so, turn it back on, then I can print files directly from Appleworks, other PDFs, etc.
Files created under 10.4.8 from Appleworks (to PDF) printed just fine, as one would expect. Anyone having the same problem?
iMac Intel 20" Core duo (not Core 2 duo) Mac OS X (10.4.9) Apple LW 16/600 printer; Acrobat 8; Reader 8; Appleworks 6.2.9

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