USPS Click-N-Ship

Hello,
I am trying to figure out how to use the Post Office's Click-N-Ship to print
labels for mailing packages. I have dowloaded Adobe Reader Ver 8.0.0.
When I attemtp to print a label, I get a print dialogue box. Hit the print button and nothing happens. I use an Elite 21N laser printer from GCC Technologies.
The Elite Printer's dialogue box shows a document momentarily in the printer's list, then the document disappears from the list.
Thank-you, John
G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi JV,
Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I have come across a very simple solution
(From an advertisement in MacWorld).
There is company called mac.ENDICIA.com. They have a specially designed
interface....which works simply, effortlessly for shipping packages through
the Post Office. There is a monthly fee. I am happy to pay when I do not
spend six hours trying to figure the process. ENDICIAS interface is simple, simple simple.
I really needed simplicity. The idea of saving a document to a different format and then changing programs to print it causes my eyes glazed-over.......let alone the problem with teaching this procedure to others.
Thanks, John
G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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