Illustrator Crashes with printing in 10.6.8

Question

I'm trying to print directly from Adobe's Illustrator CS (when I click the app it says that it's version 11). I was printing just fine from the program on October 29. The printer I'm using is the HP C6280. Today (November 14th) I'm attempting to print and it will not. When "print" is selected in the program, either with a short cut or manually, the colour wheel begins to spin then it pauses, looks like it's about to open the print dialog but then the colour wheel re-appears and never stops spinning. The program doesn't crash itself but stops responding forcing me to use the force quit box. Therefore I have no error message to show. I've tried numerous times to print with no luck.
I've read previous suggestions that say re-install it - I have with no change. Another said to try de-selecting layers, not using layers, simplify the image - again, no change. I've tried printing the images that I was printing in October and it will not print those either.
I have performed no updates to the computer, printer drives or illustrator. The only thing that has changed on my computer is the addition of more music from the itunes store.
I've tried printing in other programs with success, mostly. I say mostly because when I'm printing the same file from a different program it's adjusting the margins in annoying ways. When I print borderless in photoshop it does print but cuts off a 1/4 inch on the right hand side and bottom of the image; the image does print to the edge of the page but the 1/4 inch is lost off the page. If I print regularly (non borderless) it's adding a margin of about a 1/4 inch and cuts the photo off with blank for the 1/4 inch. If I print from preview or adobe reader it prints the blank margin and scales the photo down by a 1/4 inch. Also when I attempt to print the image from preview it adds a printer mark down the right hand side of the page. Sometimes it's miniature text, sometimes just a line.
Anyone have any solutions for either of these problems? Whether solving illustrator's crash or the image being cut off?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

ds store wrote:
Since…Apple is refusing to supply security updates for 10.6.8 and earlier,
Why are you saying that? AFAICT, SL is still being supported, Maybe not at the frequency level you'd prefer, but security updates are amongst the recent ones.