Indd 5.5: When using drop shadow or lower opacity in object, I lose fills

I have ugraded to InDesign 5.5 (v. 7.5) for Mac OS. Here is my problem: If I have object "A" with transparency (lower than 100% opacity) or a drop shadow (which also uses a transparency) overlapping object "B", then "B" loses it fill when printing to a Xerox Phaser 7760GX. The fills appear fine when exporting to a pdf and when printing from the pdf. They also appear fine when printing on BW HP printer (sans the color, of course).
The file performs the same when I open on other computers with their own InDesign application. One of my colleagues has updated v. 7.5.1 but still has same problem.
So far, I have:
exported to IDML file and reopened the file in InDesign 5.5
purged all inDesign preferences
downloaded latest printer driver
following Adobe troubleshooting instructions, isolated the Transparency as the cause
(when setting spread flattening to None in the pages flyout menu, my fills return, but of course the drop shadow/transparency is disabled)
Any ideas?

Some printers just don't get along well with ID. Exporting PDF and printing that is the normal workaround.

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