PSD CS4 Bounding Box Error

Have been printing to a cheap HP Laser no problems. Just purchased a Kyocera FSC5200DN, connected to a iMac with OSX 10.5.8 through ethernet.
When printing from PSD file will print, takes forever and get an error that reads: Bad %%BoundingBox: comment seen!
Can open file in Preview or Illustrator and print just fine.
Anybody know a fix for this photoshop problem.
Thanks, Mark

Had the same error this morning. Had no problems with my HP Z6100ps and PSD CS4- then I updated the printer firmware which, I'm told, was grievously outdated. Tried printing a 24" x 36" poster from my mac tower, 10.5.8, and got the message as the file wouldn't stop spooling. The problem is also on the Apple forums and the HP forums with no solution, just the workaround to print to PDF, then print from Acrobat or Preview. That worked for me, but I hadn't considered opening the PSD file in Illustrator. Next time I'll give it a try.

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