Erasing Background (Almost)

This design issue is driving me nuts.
I'm creating a flyer that incorporates "floating" product images.
I removed the background of the original images, using Photoshop. Two files were rendered from tiff, and two files were rendered from smaller rez jpgs. All four floating images were saved as psd files.
I created the flying in Adobe Illustrator, and placed the psd files onto the AI artwork, and the monitor depicts elements as they should be depicted.
Problem is when I print the document in color two of the "floating" images are enclosed by boxes.
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z159/threegunfish/20101005Scan.jpg
Can anyone explain how I might fix this issue? I feel like it stems from the nature of the original image files (tiff vs jpeg), but unfortunately I don't have hi rez tiffs of the "error" images.
Thank you!

As a workaround, in your layered document you could select the solid-colored areas around the gloves (e.g., with the magic wand tool) then delete those pixels.
-Noel

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