PRINTER WON'T PRINT

Hi!  I am trying to print Internet content on an HP F4400 All In One.  I keep getting messages like' An Internal Error Has Occurred and the Material Cannot Be Printed' or the more detailed message enclosed in a box with the after-comment that says 'there is an error on the page- do you wish to continue running scripts on this page? Y/N'.  Sometimes it says that the connection does not exist yet I checked all the cable connections and the printer is able to print a test page or print from a file that has been saved, e.g., in Microsoft Word.  Can you help me solve this problem?  It seemed to have started out of nowhere since this printer used to print from the 'net without difficulty.
Thank you,
Michelle

Hi @hhem,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand that your HP Officejet H470 mobile will not print from your Mac OS X 10.9, and I am happy to help!
How is your printer connected? Wireless or USB?
In the meantime, I suggest to go through this printer is offline guide, 'Printer is offline' Message Displays on the Computer and the Printer Does Not Print: Mac OS X.
Hope this helps!  
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    Thanks!  That appears to solve the problem.  After your suggestion, I remembered that I set the "ink level warning" on this machine ONLY to "Always warn me", as opposed to "tell me only when I am printing".  That seemed to be the problem. Only the computer that was set to "always warn on low ink-levels" was disconnecting -- the others worked fine! Now, all are working fine.
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    Thank you for your help. 
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