Can't print the Illustration

I am running Illustrator CS3 with the 13.02 update under Windows Vista Home Premium service pack 1.
Whatever I try to print, even just one square, will not print on my HP Color Laserjet 2700n or my Epson Stylus Pro 3800. I get a message saying "Can't print the illustration". Both printers will print from Photoshop CS3, Lightroom 2.1 (release candidate) and Acrobat reader 8.1.2. My laptop running the same version of Illustrator under Windows XP pro service pack 2. will print fine on the HP printer over my Wireless network.
I have read the Faqs , searched the forum and the Internet and spent many hour trying to solve this problem and I would be really grateful for and help you could give me. In addition I have reset the preference file and uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator.
As far as Photoshop is concerned I am an advanced amateur but in Illustrator I am a novice.
The PC is a HP m9056uk with 3GB of ram and an Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz CPU. It has two 500GB SATA hard drives. All device drivers are, to the best of my knowledge, up to date.

Hi,
I have many problems of printing with the re-installation of the Illustrator CS2 after format my computer, a portable HP pavilion. I try two printers : First, a Canon S600, ( old printer ) and my new one a HP all in one series, C3180.
For theses two printer, Illustrator don't want to print anything simple like a red rectangle. The message says: ''Can't print the illustration ''. Before formating, the old printer S600 work like a charm with this software. I don't understand. I look for new drivers on the S600. I find it and install it but the problems is still there...
Do anybody can help me ? I tried some solutions that I read on the net but nothing work today.
Thanks
Marc-André

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