Pdf printing in Preview... (Help)

Hi,
I have a networked PS printer / Copier (Imagistics) that runs a Fiery print server. I cannot print PDFs in Preview.
I have a 16.9MB PDF that sits in my print queue and never begins to print. The queue stays open, and ends up consuming the 512MB of RAM and 5 GB of HD space on the printer... which then prevents the copier from printing at all from any computer.
If I let it sit for about 5 - 10 min. and then manually delete the print job in Printer Setup, I can get like 7 - 10 pages to print... but when I need 250 copies, that is not an option .
I can print in Keynote, Pages, Office, Camino, Safari... You name it I can print from it. It is specifically tied to Preview and PDF printing.
I copied the PDF over to a PC and it prints fine in Adobe Reader.
I have checked permissions and the disk for errors... there aren't any .
I have also reinstalled the print drivers, and, just as a side note, my other MBP doesn't exhibit this issue.
Any ideas on where to continue from here?

Adobe Reader does not work. I get the standard print dialog, but once I hit print it beachballs. The print progress dialog from printer setup doesn't even come up.
I've now tried it with the standard EFI x3e 22c-km ps v2.0 drivers that come with OS X and with the ones I can download from imagistic's (the printer brand) website. They are both the same version.
I ran a cupstestPPD command from the CLI and this is what I got... from the standard OSX driver:
*FAIL* REQUIRED EFDuplex does not define choice None!
REF: Page 122, section 5.17
*FAIL* Bad EFDuplex choice False!
REF: Page 122, section 5.17
*FAIL* Bad EFDuplex choice Top!
REF: Page 122, section 5.17
*FAIL* Bad EFDuplex choice Bottom!
REF: Page 122, section 5.17
WARN Duplex option keyword EFDuplex should be named Duplex!
WARN EFTrapping shares a common prefix with EFTrappingOpt
REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
WARN EFDuplex shares a common prefix with EFDuplexOption
REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
WARN EFPunch shares a common prefix with EFPunchHoleNum
REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
I don't know if any of this helps.
The last time I tried to print our newsletter, I was running 10.4.9... I am now running 10.4.10.
This is my only 11x17 printer, and our PC's colormatching stinks. I can print from it, but if I do I will probably need to go to greyscale.
thanks for the help so far. But Like I said, my 17in MBP works fine (But is in the shop for a repair ). It's running 10.4.10 as well.
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