PostScript Initializing During the error code37,004.40, I can print the status page from the netnternet (on a another printer) & it says 'PostScript Initializing' I'm just trying to make a final decision to dump or fix?????

This is a Postscript error. You may be using a Postscript driver on the printer. Or else you are printing PDFs which are not true Postscript. likely made by a postscript "compatible" software.

Try loading a PCL driver for the printer. This will work just as well if not better than a postscript driver. You may find it faster.

Check lexmark website under support andd downloads for an alternative driver for the printer, also considering your operating system.

If you are printing PDFs or postscript files, the PCL driver may help there also.

The actual issue you will find that its not so much the actual printing part of the process that is slow, its actually the spooling to the printer that takes the time.
Does your printer support PostScript printing ? (PostScript is a printing & imaging standard used by many printers) To find out if your printer does indeed support this either refer to your manufacturers documentation or perform a test page and look to see if you have a PostScript enabled option.
If your printer does support PostScript, make sure you are using its PostScript printer driver, most of the time we generally use PCL drivers, so simply change this.
Regards....
If you find your printer does not support PostScript there are a few other tweaks we can implement to increase printing speed.

Firstly we can force PDF files to be printed as graphics as opposed to text, to do this launch your chosen PDF viewer, select Print > Advanced > Print as image
Lower the print resolution, if we lower the print resolution most of the time the difference is very small, but it can reduce the actual print size of the document by up to 300%, which can greatly decrease printing times.
Make sure you are using the latest version of any print drivers or your chosen PDF printing program, normally Adobe Acrobat.
If the printer only has a small amount of memory if possible add more, if possible install a PostScript SIMM.
Check the amount of ram your computer currently has, check memory usage from task manager when printing to ascertain usage

Google the full error.
this sounds like a font realted postscript error.

Try and print the document 1 page at a time, upgrade the memory in the printer if you can, and most importantly; make sure that this is not a false error because the PDF requires postscript fonts to be installed you don't have installed on your printer. You can do this as follows.

Their are 3 standards for postscript, go to the manufacturers website and download the newest version of the postscript driver, not PCL. Many printers go nuts if running on an installed PCL driver and asked to print a PDF. If all else fails, this typically gives a lot of false errors.

I really would need to see a print file to know what is going on.

Set the printer driver to "Print to File", when prompted, name the file "line". The driver will append a .prn to the name.

The resulting file: "line.prn" can then be analysed using any Hex Editor if it is a PCL file or A Postscript error analyser if the job is in Postscript.

Also, fyi - I do not believe you have a simple margin error. But just to make sure, under page setup, make sure that you have the correct page size selected in the driver and the same on the printer.

Don

In acrobat go file, print and press advanced. Check print as image. Print the job again and see if you get different results. This does the image processing on the PC. Your document may have a postscript error in it and your device may be set not to print PS errors.

What driver language and version are you using?

Try updating your driver to the newest version, get device status.

You may also wish to try PCL printing for that file. (as a workaround)

Do other files have the same problem? What about when sent to another printer entirely?

This printer will not work with a Mac - it has no postscript.

The only laserjet 4's that work with Macs all have an "M" in their name - 4M, 4M Plus etc.

You might be able to get a Postscript personality module for the printer to effectively upgrade it to the "M" version.

Remove the printer software and use a generic Windows driver. That is the only way, since the status window is part of the driver software. If the printer is postscript enabled you can almost always use the HP laserjet 4 driver which is basically generic postscript.

The 070020 error means:

"One of the Drop Detection errors has occured - or, during the Drop Detection no drop was detected.

Pen checking is set to OFF.

* Perform the drop detect calibration,
* Troubleshoot the catridges and the drop detector.

* If required, replaced the service station, .

* Check the cable assembly and the main PCA.

You need to download the Postscript drivers from Lexmark site.