Pixelated printing of linked graphics in InDesign CS6

Since upgrading to this version (CS6 for Mac), I have often had issues correctly printing placed graphics. They look low res though they have been properly "placed" and there are no errors detected in preflight. I just tried printing a letter with a placed file and two copy/paste images from the internet. The internet images look better than the placed graphic psd file! Everything is crisp on screen, but placed PSD, JPG, AI, PDF, all look crummy when printed.
I have looked through Preferences and have "High Quality Display" chosen, but that's only for screen viewing anyway, right?
I would appreciate any direction on this. Thank you!!

Genius! Thank you so much, it worked!! I so appreciate your responding so quickly. Have a great day!

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inDesign links documents via a file path.
It doesn't actually add the image itself to the document, but rather relays a link to the where file resides on the hard drive.
It then draws a representation of that image in the layout using a proxy thumbnail.
So when it's linked it is actually looking at a file path, say something like
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I need to redirect the link to go to
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Good morning!
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It then draws a representation of that image in the layout using a proxy thumbnail.
So when it's linked it is actually looking at a file path, say something like
If I move that file to a computer where the my documents folder has a different name say "C:\MyDocuments\Eugene\Images\Eugene1.png"
"C:\MyDocuments\Marcelo\"
Then when I open the file on Marcelo's computer the link would still be
"C:\MyDocuments\Eugene\Images\Eugene1.png"
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As stated above you should use
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Unzip and work on the file.

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