InDesign CS3 Printing Issue

I recently installed the CS3 Suite including InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, et al. I am not able to print anything from any of my CS3 apps. CS2 continues to perform just fine, and I've been forced to save down CS3 docs to CS2 just so I can print. Any suggestions on remedies? Again, this is across the board CS3 apps, not just InDesign. I'm running a Mac G5 using Airport Extreme as my wireless router.
Thanks in advance -

Hi Barry -
When I use Command-P, I get the usual dialogue boxes in InDesign but the print utility doesn't show in my dock as it normally does in CS2. When I installed my latest OS, I manually configured the printers including selecting each PPD. I have not re-installed the drivers, however. I'm using Leopard - 10.5x. I have installed all available updates from Mac and Adobe. I have two printers, Epson for my finer jobs and Brother for everyday tasks. Both printers work fine out of CS2. I alternate them by plugging/unplugging each from the back of my Airport Extreme as I need them. My computer tower is in a cabinet under my desk and it's a bear to pull it and all peripheral wires out so I haven't tried a direct connect.
Thanks -
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