Automator prints to wrong printer

I have a very simple Automator service with a single item in it: Print Finder Items. It receives selected documents in Finder.app, and allows the user to choose the printer they want to print them to.
The only problem is that it prints them to a different printer than the one selected.
The documents are Pages files. Running under Snow Leopard, v. 10.6.1

ttomj30:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you repair disk permissions after installing 6.0.5? If not do so first. Delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.pllist. It may be "stuck" on the Brother and not updating the printer selection.
If that doesn't help there's another preference file located in the User/Library/Preferences/By Host folder title com.apple.print.Cache.0016cb3791b6.plist. Then numbers and letters may be different in your files. You can try moving that to the desktop and then launching iPhoto and giving it another try.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

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