ILLU CS3 CMYK Colors print wrong from placed layered psd, flattened ok. Why?

Hi all,
I searched the help, faq, kb and forum. No success, so I hope someone out there has some advice for me.
Environment:
Illustrator 13.0.2 (CS3), Photoshop 10.0.1 (CS3) on WinXP SP2, color management enabled (same settings in each CS3 app), printing on calibrated Xerox DC250 (PS-RIP), ISO Coated simulation profile.
The problem:
When placing a cmyk-psd with layers and embedded color-profile in AI 13 (cmyk-document) and printig, the colors do not look like they should. When I flatten the psd in Photoshop, place it again in AI, everything's fine. But why?
On screen, every psd looks the same.
When I place the same PSD with layers in AI 12.0.0 (CS2), there's no problem with the colors.
Is there a need to flatten PSDs in AI13?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Ralf

> I've always thought that EPS is a paths-only format. It seems it can also contain raster graphics?
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