InDesign CS3 pstopdffilter Printing Error on Intel Mac

I'm having a problem printing in InDesign, now that I've upgraded to CS3. I've uninstalled all Adobe products and reinstalled, and I was able to print, but had a printer error on another printer, and now I am having the same "pstopdffilter" error as before. I'd rather not have to keep un-installing and re-installing to fix it. Is there any thing else I can do?
It is a Intel iMac, running OS X (10.4.9). Haven't had this problem with our older G4 and CS3.
Any suggestions?

If the same printer works as expected printing from the same application on a newer version of the operating system, then it sounds like the necessary solution is to upgrade the operating system. InDesign, along with other Adobe Graphics Manager (AGM) Print clients (Illustrator CS3+ and Acrobat 9+), tend to use Apple's print interfaces in ways that are more complicated than most other applications. So you may see a problem only in InDesign, but the issue may be addressed by changes in the OS print architecture. In addition, specific printers interact with the OS print architecture differently. Some printers still in use do not use CUPS-based drivers, thus requiring an additional translation layer. It's all very complicated</understandment>.
Also, printers that are identified as PostScript devices will not allow the Print as Bitmap option to be chosen. That function uses the Mac non-PS print methods.
Sincerely,
Matthew

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