Preview is freezing repeatedly

I'm running a new iMac with OS X Lion 10.7.4. Whenever I open the application Preview, it goes to fullscreen and stops responding (presenting the rainbow wheel) for a number of minutes. This happens everytime the scanner scans a file and opens in on Preview, and oftentimes when the application is opened normally. It takes about 5-10 minutes for it to begin responding after opening it. I know Preview is a relatively lightweight application, so why is it causing such problems?
Any ideas on how to fix it?

Great! That fixed it! Thank you very much!
Out of curiosity, what does shift-clicking the application's icon do? I'd never known about that before.

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