Corrupted exported EPS file (ID CS3, Q2ID, Quark)

Hello:
We have a new Intel-based aluminum iMac (running Mac OS 10.5.5) which has Adobe CS3 and the Q2ID 1.5 plug-in. We have noticed that when we convert a Quark document to InDesign, and then export the ID document to an EPS, the EPS file seems to be corrupted and cannot be opened.
However, when we run this same exact procedure on an iMac G5 with Q2ID 1.5 and Adobe CS2, there are no problems opening the exported EPS. We have also opened some ID files in ID CS3 and exported them to EPS (on the Intel iMac), and those have not had any problems.
Has anyone else had any reports of similar issues with Q2ID 1.5 on an Intel Mac? Since the ID file export fine, it seems to point the issue towards Q2ID 1.5, which is not a Universal Binary application, which could potentially be an issue.
Chad

We use EPS images to print out on labels.
The problem we've found with INX files was that they were incredibly slow to open when trying to share files between CS3 and CS2. Unless we're missing something, I'm surprised that ID CS3 doesn't offer a way to save down to an older version of InDesign, in the fashion that Illustrator can save to older versions.

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