IMac shuts off when printing

My iMac will completely shut off (quickly, like someone pulled the power cord) when I try to print a document. Once I reboot and try to print the document again, it works just fine. This happened when trying to print from Mail and Safari. Any ideas?
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I'm having the same problems
What OS are you using?
What computer specs?
What program?
What Superdrive have you got?
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:20:28 -0700
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