Slow printing in a queue

Hello. I'm new to Mac. Having MacBook with Mac OS X 10.6.3, I connected HP Laserjet P1505 printer via USB, and all seems to be OK, until I try to print several documents from Word. The first document is printing OK, but then I see the queue and must wait 2-4 minutes until the every next document in queue will be printing. Are there any way to resolve this problem ?

Assuming you have the latest HP driver installed for your printer there's not much you can do. I have an HP Laserjet 1022 and it does the same thing. It appears that HP is having a difficult time producing working printer drivers for OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard). If misery likes company then rest assured you're not alone. HP no longer releases OS X drivers on their website. They send them to Mac users via Apple's Software Update panel. If a new driver is released for your printer then it should automatically appear in Software Update.
As for me my next printer will probably not be one made by HP.

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