No black print on Illustrator CS2

Using Mac OS 10.6.2, Snow Leopard, Illustrator CS2 won't print black using either CMYK or RBG. The color is gray/blue. No problem when printing same on Photoshop CS2.

Thank you for your reply.
My printer is a Canon Pixma 610 which printed black Illustrator documents fine before I upgraded my Mac OS from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
I printed a selection using CMYK from Menu>File>Document Color Mode and the printing was gray with a touch of blue.
I printed a selection using RGB from Menu>File>Document Color Mode and the printing was gray with a touch of blue.
In "preferences for Appearance of Black" I used the default, "Display All Blacks as Rich Black", then after hearing from you, I tried switching to "Display All Blacks Accurately" with the same blue/grey print-out.
Any more suggestions?
Thank you,
Ronnie Rudolph

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