Low quality printing

Hello,
I just recently started using a iMac vs OSX 10.9.4 with adobe illustrateCS5. I do sublimation printing, I print to a Ricoh SG 3110 printer.
I have been using an older vs of illustrator on a PC without any problems. Now when I print all of my designs they are coming out low quality. I can print the same image from Indesign and from photo shop and they print good, but not illustrator CS5 on a Mac. Does any one have any suggestions
Thank You
David Baldwin

David,
I wonder whether either of these PDFs may be relevant.
http://sawgrassink.indigofiles.com/product_documentation/sublijet/SJR-SG3110DN-PSG-AI-CSCS 5_-_MP.pdf
http://sawgrasseurope.indigofiles.com/technical_support/sublijetr/3110_wp/SJR-SG3110DN-PSG -AI-CS-CS6-WP.pdf

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