Unable to print to HP printers, networked or USB

Please help if you can. I have a user here who can only print to one printer, its networked and a Toshiba printer. All others, be it networked or local via USB seem to spool but nothing comes out of the printer. The only thing in common are that they are all HP. Any ideas please .
The local USB printer is a HP LJ 1320 and the networked ones are HP LJ 4050.
In the printer setup control panel you can see the printer saying that its directly attached via USB and if you go to the log of printed jobs the are all there, just havent been printed

You're on a Mountain Lion forum, but your post above says you're runnijng Snow Leopard. Hmmm....
I will assume you're running Mountain Lion. Here's the troubleshooter:
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Hi Nancyh1030,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have read your thread on your HP Photosmart 6520 Printer and getting the error and not printing. Here is a link to the HP Print and Scan Doctor. The HP Print and Scan Doctor will run a check on your system and connect the printer to same network as the computer. You do have to be connected to the same wireless as the printer to print to it. Unless you are using Eprint. If this does not help you contact Mediabridge.
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