Printing hangs iPhoto?

I am trying to check out the new printing features in iPhoto '08, and whenever I do, it hangs the application? Anyone else having this issue? I am in an event, and I selected a picture. I hit print, and I get the spinning beachball!!!

brdunton:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you repair disk permissions after installing iLife 08? If not do so and see if that will help.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5865991
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When using Activity Monitor to monitor the upload speed (I am on COMCAST cable) I see 45-50kB/s for the first 10 pics and then it dies - goes to 0 - unless you do something else on the computer that touches the network.
No other app is having network or internet connectivity problems.
Part of the problem might be the fact that the ever increasing file sizes are making the uploads slower and slower. Those 130 pics of mine are 230MB+ and thats just from a small 6MP point and shoot Canon camera.
Iphoto realy needs a much more robust upload and reststart logic. Like iTunes that can download songs and video in pieces and restarts as often as you want wherever it left of, iPhoto needs a similar function to deal with larger uploads.
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