Question : Problem: Word documents fail to print but Excel ok.

Word documents fail to print unless print pressed two or three times. Excel is fine but pdfs also intermittently print.

Answer : Problem: Word documents fail to print but Excel ok.

Thanks for your comments. I have discovered that it was as simple as installing the printers via a HP tcp/ip port and not a standard tcp/ip port! The fact that they were all HP printers pointed towards an HP issue and it was.