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> The printer that occasionally spews is an HP 4000. The one the doc
> printed successfully on is a Xerox 230. I didn't see anything
> particularly odd about the doc except that it was typed in Courier New
> (that's lawyers for you), with Arial headings. I mean there were no
> problems opening it or saving it, no weird graphics, no tables, etc.
>
> Anyone have any insight into the cause of this phenomenon?
How about a virus?
I googled on "hp 4000 spew paper" and found an interesting thread in
alt.comp.virus.