Printing from InDesign CS4 on Mac Snow Leopard to HP officejet pro K5400

I recently started using a Mac Snow Leopard with InDesign CS4; for awhile it printed fine. Then, dealing with a book mss, I had to get InDesign to convert the document to a PDF, and since that time, the Officejet Pro k5400 will only print in what appears to be the best quality, even when I tell it to print in fast draft, and even set that as a preset. Anybody had that problem? Anybody have any suggestions as to what is going on here? How can I get the printer to print in fast draft? Thanks for any help,
Knob Man

Hi kajuntwin,
I understand that you are having and issue after updating your desktop. I am referring you to this post by MBJustice who is currently working with other customers on this issue.
I hope this helps,
Thank you.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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