Just a thought chrissie................are you using the correct size of paper. If, for instance, you have set the printer to use 6x4 but have A4 loaded, you will get tiny print in one corner of the page, especially if you are trying to print a lot onto a small sheet.
Instead of just hitting the "print" option, have you tried the "page layout" option.......in that set the loaded paper size, then still in that hit print...the printer dialogue should open from there.