LR 4.3 Print Module + Dry Creek icc Profile = jpeg that Apple SW won't open

Greetings,
I have used Dry Creek Photo's (http://www.drycreekphoto.com/) Costo printer profiles successfully for some time with PS and they seem to work fine for soft proofing in LR4... but when I select one of those profiles in LR's Print module for export to jpeg[1] the jpegs produced cannot be opened with Preview, Color Sync, Safari, seemingly any Apple software in OS X (I've tried with both Snow Leopard and Lion). The jpegs do open in PS and browsers like Chrome and Firefox. If I open the files in PS and then save them with "Save As" the saved files open correctly in Preview, etc. Also, other icc profiles (like Adobe or sRGB) seem to work fine. I do not know if the printers at Costco can read the problematic jpegs or not.
Can anyone expain what's happening here? Am I doing something wrong? Is this a LR or Apple bug? Will the jpegs printed from LR's print module be usable on Costco's printers? Will I have to "launder" everything through PS (which would I would obvioiusly rather not do)?
Thanks!
[1] Files printed at Costco need to be in the color space of the printer for Soft Proofing to work since unless it's changed recently Costco's printers ignore embedded profiles. See, http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/using_printer_profiles.htm

This file (it's just a screenshot of this browser window "Printed" from LR4) is an example of one that will produce the problem described in my OP: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/36072/Misc.%20Forums/test1.jpg
It was produced with Lightroom 4.3 on OS X 10.6.8. It is using this (http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/Profiles/IccFiles/Florida/Costco-FL-Lantana-Gls.icc) icc profile (picked at random to maintain my anonyminity). Trying to open that image with any Apple application on either OS X 10.6 or 10.7 fails for me. I can successfully open the file in PS, Chrome and Firefox in both 10.6 and 10.7 without issues. On OS X 10.7 I get the following dialog when trying to open it with Preview:
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