Indesign CS3 - Pic Inconsistencies

Hi, I'm puzzled by a weird problem I've not seen before: an identical pic (top banner psd file) on a master page changing slightly in appearance between pages within the same InDesign document i.e. on some pages the pic looks noticably darker than on others. I've checked it thoroughly and it's all set up right (all pages are based on the master page anyway). I've created print quality PDFs and viewed on 2 machines (to check its not simply a monitor issue) and the problem still seems to be there. Next step is to do some proofs I guess, but the job has to go to print soon and I'm concerned the problem will appear on the printed job. Could be the file's corrupt, but it's 90 pages long and I dread having to recreate it (and the problem still being there). Anyone got any ideas on this? Thanks. By the way I'm on a dual G5 running OSX 10.4.10.

Are there any differences in transparency usage on the different pages? Check the Flattener Preview, and while you're at it, check the Separations Preview. Do you see the differences in the densitometer readings in the Seps Preview?

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