InDesign File "Stuck" Printing 2-Sided

I opened an old Indesign (I think CS3) file this morning and converted it to CS4. Whenever I attempt to print the document, it does so as 2-sided even though the print dialog 2-sided option is off. I am on a mac running 10.6.3 with an HP printer.
Turning the printer on/off, re-starting the mac, printing other documents (including Indesign documents) 1-sided, saving the file under a different name, turning 2-sided on/off, and changing other print dialog options (e.g. thin border) seem to have no effect on the problematic file - it consistently prints as 2-sided. I finally cut and pasted all content into a new document and now have complete control again over whether the document prints 2-sided.
It seems as though there is some printer setting stored within the Indesign file that that I cannot modify. I don't recall how I last printed that particular Indesign document under CS3. Other other CS3 documents that I suspect I would have printed 2-sided are converted to CS4 with the current default printer settings AND with no adverse effects when I print them
This clearly isn't a big deal because after wasting a ream of paper (some sarcasm), I've resolved the problem. However, it is so weird that I am curious as to whether any one else has seen this.
Marilyn
P.S. I use InDesign daily, have been using CS4 for over a year and have not had an problem. I am a bit suspicious of the mac 10.6.3 upgrade I got this week 'cause in claimed it would "increase printer reliability"...

I suspect it is more of a problem that  Mac OS 10.6.3 introduced to InDesign. The print driver hasn't changed. InDesign I now know "carries" print presets with its files that are persistent and has one of the more complicated interfaces with the OS for printing.
I did figured out I could use the Property List Inspector to look at the print settings used  for the last job printed. I can produce dumps from the inspector from various jobs and us File Merge to compare them. Doing so I noticed that Text Edit files (whether printing 2-sided or not) all contain a key called PMCustomPaper that is explicitly set to false. New InDesign document using the Default InDesign Print Preset doesn't set PMCustomPaper to true or false. If I create an InDesign Print Preset from a file that successfully prints 2-sided, I can use that Print Preset to "fix" InDesign Document to print 2-sided. The Property List Inspector for such print jobs has PMCustomPaper set explicitly to false.
I also look at the output of a Property List Inspector dump from the InDesign document I have that was "stuck" printing 2-sided. It too has PMCustomPaper explicitly set to false, but has has very different keys for what I believe controls printing duplex. These keys stay set in the file despite changing the InDesign printer dialog to turn 2-sided off. I suspect these keys are left over from an older HP driver or an older Mac OS release.
Seems a little ridiculous to have to go though Acrobat or find old InDesign programs that have the proper settings to get InDesign to print properly now.
(I doubt 2-sided is the only problem - I suspect it's just the first one I've run across.)

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