printing blank pages from text files

> This problem cropped up several months ago, but I reloaded
> Microsoft Word 6.0 and it worked fine until recently.
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> When I open a Word file and tell it to print, the required
> number of pages come out of the printer, but the pages are
> blank. I removed then reloaded Mircosoft Works and Word,
> but it made no difference.
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> The test page prints fine and I can print a spread sheet
> file, but no text files.
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> What gives? Anybody run into this before? I tried the
> Mircrosoft help page, but it is like finding a stamp in a
> wind storm - totally useless.
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> I have a Gateway computer with Windows XP.
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> Dave