Printer Queue Not Quitting

I'm not sure if it's my system that causes this to happen or if this is just the way Mac OS X 10.5.6 and 10.5.7 are supposed to work. But every time I send a print job to any printer (we have three of them - one on ethernet and two USB connected printers), the printer queue always stays open after the print job is complete. This didn't happen in Mac OS X 10.4.11.
The printer icon shows up in the dock as soon as I send the print job to the printer. Then the job prints. Once the print job is complete, the printer icon stays in the dock but I have to click on it to open the printer queue and then manually quit it. Shouldn't the printers just automatically quit and be removed from the dock when the print job is complete - like they did under Mac OS X 10.4.11?
Having used Macs for 15 years, I always quit out of everything when it's not in use and this is kind of an annoyance - like having an extra application stay open all the time when it's not needed.
Is there something that I haven't configured properly or a way around this?
Thanks for your help,
Gerard

When I control clicked on the laserjet icon in the dock, I saw "Auto Quit" so I selected that. And now all the printers say "Auto Quit".
That worked!
Thanks SO MUCH,
Gerard

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