Printing Excel docs... NOT!

Hi all,
I've searched the postings here for my problem but haven't found anything definitive. I'm hoping you all may have some direction for me.
When I print an Excel doc (version X, service release 1) it disappears in the queue. I am printing to an HP6110 inkjet all in one, driver version 2.7.2. I also have an Epson Photo 1200, to which the above doc doesn't print.
Here's what I've done so far:
1. Reset the printer system. (Didn't know I'd have to reinstall the drivers... oh well.)
2. Came here and read the Troubleshooting Printing Issues article.
3. Successfully printed both a diagnostic document and a test document.
4. Successfully printed from other applications, Word and InDesign specifically.
I rarely print anything from Excel, so this may have been like this forever. I sort of freaked thinking "how could my printers possibly not be printing all of a sudden?" My bad, how could I possibly know that it would be isolated to Excel. Jeez, now I really want that list of cable tv channels. I may just copy/paste them into Word or InDesign just to get a printout. This is kind of weird though...
Anyway, any sort of direction would be appreciated.
Thanks! Happy Saturday night!
--Dina

Hello! Don't know if this will help but usually in this type of situation the culprit involves a print spooler. With two different printers each usually has a spooler and the problem arises by the app (for some unknown reason) spools to an inactive spooler usually the spooler of the other printer. I used to see this a lot in OS9 but I haven't run across it too much in OSX. Tom

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