Illustrator CS4  Crashes when Printing.

My Illustrator CS4 Crashes when I try to print.... Can Anybody Print with 10.7 and Illustrator CS4 ?

I had a similar problem.  Just installed 10.7.2 and found i couldnt print using my old verison of CS3.  So i went to the Adobe page and found the following solution (copied straight from the site).
Issue
Printing from InDesign CS3 or CS4, or Illustrator CS3 or CS4 on Apple OS 10.7 (code named Lion) results in the Adobe application crashing. Acrobat 8.x is also installed, or was installed on the system previously.
Solution
The following workaround can be applied to get these older versions of Illustrator and InDesign to print on this newer operating system. Remove the following files and back them up:
[Hard Drive]/Library/Printers/PPDs/contents/Resources/en.lproj          
[Hard Drive]/Library/Printers/PPDs/contents/Resources/Zh_CN.lproj          
[Hard Drive]/Library/Printers/PPDs/contents/Resources/Ja.lproj          
[Hard Drive]/Library/Printers/PPDs/contents/Resources/ko.lproj          
[Hard Drive]/Library/Printers/PPDs/contents/Resources/Zh_TW.lproj
Additional information
Creative Suite 3.x and 4.x applications were not designed to function under this newer version of the Mac OS, so some issues can affect them. Upgrading to the latest versions of these applications ensures that you achieve maximum compatibility with the new OS.
Link: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/912/cpsid_91254.html

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