Cannot Print from Word in 10.4.9

This is a new thread because the old one got polluted.
I have tried all the Print troubleshooting steps and have come to
believe that there is an incompatibility between Word 2004 and OS X
10.4.9.

I have completely updated Word, using all the updates available on the
Microsoft Mac site.
I have un-installed and re-installed my Printer and drivers using the
newest available from the manufacturers website (tried no less than 5
different printers)
I have attempted to Preview the print job, then print from Preview.app
I have attempted to Print to PDF
I have removed all the preference files relating to "Word" and "Print"
in my ~/Library/Preferences folder
I have rebooted numerous times

All of the above steps still concluded in the same useless error
message:

Word cannot print due to a problem with the current printer.
Make sure you have a printer selected in the Print Center. You may
need to print again or adjust your printer settings.

Also of interest, the "Quick Preview" area in the print dialog is
blank, and shows 0/0 pages, regardless of the length of the document.
I represent 6 Mac users of an otherwise Windows-driven organization,
all of us having the same issue after upgrading to 10.4.9.

Regards,
Jonathan Wise

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