Photosmart 2575 & Windows 7 Printing Problem

I bought a new pc and it came with windows 7.  Since then I have had problems with my hp photosmart 2575 printer.  It intermittently prints then starts just printing the first few lines of a page - very slow too.
I have downloaded the HP Print and Scan Doctor and it says there is no problem with the printer. 
The green light flashes to show that data has been downloaded from the PC to the printer but it just hangs and then a while later will print off the page but just a few lines or gobblygook!
If I turn the pc off and the printer off it seems to reset itself and then a while later it starts doing it again.
I have downloaded the new drivers for Windows 7 - and am at a loss as to why this keeps happening......does anyone have any ideas or suggestions or is it time for a new printer - when it works it is fine!  Frustrating eh!

This is a classic error when the fonts used in the document and your systems fonts aren't compatible or aren't the same.  What you could do is to NOT TO RELY on systems fonts as defaults and everything should work normally.  To do this try this:
1) Go to Start/Windows Orb
2) Click on Devices and Printers
3) Right-click on Adobe PDF
4) Click on Printing Preferences
5) Uncheck "Rely on systems fonts only; Do not use document fonts"
6) Click OK
You are now done and your documents should look normal on the screen.
See this picture (Click on it to magnify it if necessary):
Good luck.

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