PS cs3 generating corrupted(?) print files

I upgraded to cs3 recently. On screen images look fine. I calibrate with a Spider. I'm running OSX 10.4.11
My problem is ...a recent print job printed VERY green, very little red and whole areas of red seem almost masked out!
Next, I send a print ready JPG file to a client and he says it gave him a Photoshop dialogue " Unsupported color mode". It did allow him to open and "fix" the file, but now I'm starting to think something on my end is corrupted or a setting is WAYYYYYY OFFFF.
I've double and triple checked my settings ...and I can't find the issue.
Maximize compatibility is "ON".
It's not a layered TIFF.
I've deleted my PS preference file.
I've search the 'net for any reference to the issue - none.
Anybody have any ideas?
Thx in advance for your thoughts.

Here's what the client wrote ...
"Attached is screen shot of both styles showing missing/white text under top left photo (Nutrients) - but I was able to correct...
I opened in Photoshop and it says the file uses an unsupported color mode (not sure why?). I then click convert - and the top green is no longer bright - but a more dark green (which I like) AND now the missing text appears too.
I re-sized and saved as a jpeg, and the colors look normal. "
The client included a screen shot of the BEFORE and AFTER. I can't include it here because of an NDA, but believe me it looks sort of "RGB" with missing text (maybe white text on white) and AFTER - it looks like it did on my screen.
Freaky huh! And the worst part is I don't have much choice but to keep putting out print files that may have some corruption or twisted-embedded color profile!

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autosaved documents on MSWord AutoRecover, even though I have it enabled set to every 3 mins (or maybe I'm just not seeing it since I'm trying to look for it manually?). Or are the temporary files wiped on shutdown? I don't have 'Always save backup copy' option
enabled on word either.
So yeah, an auto fix, or a lengthy answer detailing what exactly I should do (from the very very basics), or a link to a site with such info, would be much appreciated. Seriously :D
Please. Thanks for at least making an effort :)

When a Word document file is corrupted, then you can try several methods to recover it:
1. First of all, you can try the recovery function integrated with Microsoft Word, as follows:
1) On the File menu, click Open.
2) In the Look in list, click the drive, folder, or Internet location that contains the file that you want to open.
3) In the folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file.
4) Select the file that you want to recover.
5) Click the arrow next to the Open button, and then click Open and Repair.
You may find more information about this at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/recover-the-text-from-a-damaged-document-HP005189610.aspx (for Word 2003)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893672/en-us (for Word 2007/2010/2013)
2. If you have multiple corrupt Word documents, then you can use the VBA macro provided in article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893672/en-us so that all the files will be opened in "Open and Repair" option automatically.
3. There are also free tools from third-parties that can open and read Microsoft Word documents, for example,
3.1 OpenOffice at http://www.openoffice.org. This is a very famous open source project that is designed to support Office file formats, including Word documents. The software can run under Windows.
3.2 LibreOffice at http://www.LibreOffice.org. Another free office suite.
3.3 AbiWord at http://www.abisource.com. This is a cross-platform tool that works under Unix and Windows.
3.4 Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/ also support to load Word document files.
Sometimes when Word fails to open your document, these tools may be able to open it successfully. If that is the case, then after the document is opened, you can just save it as a new document which will be error-free.
4. For docx files, they are actually a group of files compressed in Zip file format. Therefore, sometimes, if the corruption is only caused by the Zip file, then you can use Zip repair tools such as WinRAR at
http://www.rarlab.com to repair the file, as follows:
4.1 Assuming the corrupt document is a.docx, then you need to rename it to a.zip
4.2 Start WinRAR, go to "Tools > Repair Archive" to repair a.zip and generated a fixed file a_fixed.zip.
4.3 Rename a_fixed.zip back to a_fixed.doc
4.4 Using Word to open a_fixed.doc.
There may still be some warnings when opening the fixed file in Word, just let ignore it and Word will try to open and repair the fixed file. If the file can be opened successfully, then you can just save the contents into another error-free file.
5. If all above methods does not work, then you may try third-party tools such as DataNumen Word Repair at
http://www.datanumen.com/word-repair/
I have used it to repair some word documents successfully. It provides a free demo version so that you can try to see if the data you want can be recovered or not.
Good luck!

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