Chuck:
        I have an 855C HP DeskJet printer and had this same problem when I
first purchased it (2 years ago??). After calling HP, I was told to
use the drivers for the 850 printer rather than the 855C. Has worked
like a charm ever since - although I've always wondered if I've been
missing some extra functions by using an 850 driver instead of an
855 driver??  However, HP assured me this was the way to go. Since
it works fine, I can't complain. My daughter also has the same
printer (Mom bought it for her  :-)) - and she also uses the 850
driver with no problems. (I am using Win 98; my daughter is still on
Win 95; however, we do NOT use Word - we use WordPerfect. But I
wouldn't think that would alter the basic functioning of a
printer??) Good luck! Hope this helps . . . .
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          Regards!
                 Dana
                         Dana W. Ciardi
                         from sunny Jupiter, Florida
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Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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Chuck Hassenplug wrote:
>
> I have an HP DeskJet 855Cse printer running under Win98. All of a sudden,
> when I tried to print a file in Word 97, the printer got really slow,
> printing one line of text maybe every 12 seconds or so. I though it might be
> related to software, so I deleted the printer from Device Manager, and
> reinstalled the printer and the drivers. No dice, still slow. I then turned
> off the computer, put power to just the printer, and tried a test page by
> pressing a button on the printer for three seconds. Still slow. So I have
> narrowed it down to the printer itself, but do not know  where to go from
> there. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you,
>
> Chuck Hassenplug
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