CS4 Printing problem with RGB

When I try to print an 8x10 image using the default RGB color, I get a vertical band about 2 inches wide along the left side or bottom of the document, depending on orientation. This band looks as though there were a filter over that portion of the image. This band only exists on that edge of the document (bottom edge if printing landscape). If I decrease the image size, the band will then cover less of the image until I make the image small enough that it is no longer overlapped by this band. What is very odd, is that it is not present on all pictures taken with the very same camera.
This band is only visible in the print preview and the print itself. The on-screen image looks just fine.
If I switch to CMYK color, the band no longer shows up, but I do not like the resultant image quite as much. If I change to lab color, the problem goes away entirely. I am not sure if there are any possible downsides of using lab color mode, but I would prefer to not have to change form RGB at all.
I have tried multiple images to include .CR2 and originally shot .JPG's. I also get the exact same results on my laptop, which also has CS4 on it.
This clearly has nothing to do with my Canon MP560 printer, as the issue can be seen in the print preview.
This is a hard one to Google, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Also a bit more information to provide you. If I convert image to JPG using Canons Digital Photo Professional, the band is no longer visible in print. If I simply perform a "Save as.." to .jpg from .CR2 in CS4, the band is still present.
The only way to get rid of the band is to convert it with 3rd party software or change color mode to CMYK or lab color within Adobe. Hope this helps.
The above pic is one that will have this band in the print and print preview. The border of this band will run right across my daughters lower lip.

There's nothing damaged about your JPEG image. The one thing about it that may be different than that which you are getting out of Canon's converter is that it's using the Adobe RGB color space.
I suspect your Photoshop - printer driver interface is not properly handling the Adobe RGB profile.
Try this as a workaround / diagnostic:
1. Open the .cr2 file in Camera Raw.
2. Click the little link at the center-bottom of the dialog.
3. Change the "Space" field from Adobe RGB to sRGB IEC61966-2.1.
4. Complete the conversion.
5. Try printing that image. I'm betting it will look better.
If your print comes out correctly, then what's happening is that somehow the Adobe RGB document profile is not being properly interpreted during the printing process. If you want to be able to print documents using other than those in the sRGB color space then you may need a printer driver update, or possibly a change in the printing settings defining who does the color management.
There have been a lot of reports of Photoshop not doing proper color management with certain printers (e.g., Epson), and I recall at least one report very similar to yours where a driver update solved the problem.
-Noel

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