Since 10.5.3 update both my printers fail to auto quit

Since updating to 10.5.3 both my printers fail to auto quit after printing and stay in the dock. Auto Quit is checked on both. They are an HP Business Inkjet 1200D connected via USB and a Macally USB2 hub to the iMac and an HP Photosmart Pro B9180 connected Bonjour via a Netgear DG834PN modem router with a Cat6 10/100 Ethernet cable. Before 10.5.3, they both auto quit with no problems. I have done all the usual things like verifying hard discs on both my Intel iMac and Macbook, repairing permissions, clearing caches (boot, user, kernel, font, applications etc - all that are shown on Onyx), running daily, weekly and monthly scripts etc. All with no improvement - anyone got any ideas?
Wilson

I agree that 10.5.3 needs some urgent work. I gather 10.5.4 has already been seeded. My CPU use also now looks like a mountain range from Lord of the Rings, although I think my MacBook is actually running a little cooler if anything. However there seem to be lots of complaints of CPU spiking and fans going crazy, with no universal solutions. My guess is that the code has gotten so large that curing one fault, introduces two others. I wonder if we will look back at Tiger as the peak of OS X. I have left Tiger on my wife's G5 iMac and I get no complaints. I think I would be mad to upgrade her to Leopard.
I will try deleting my printers and reinstalling but I did that not long ago, trying to cure the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 fault after a firmware update that if connected via Ethernet, it keeps reporting no print heads installed and then after a minute or so, changes its mind and although still reporting no print heads, amazingly manages to print the image.
Wilson

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In Leopard, this isn't happening. When I print, the printer icon appears, but when the print job is finished, the icon stays in the Dock.
One helpful friend mentioned right-clicking on the icon and selecting "Auto Quit". This seemed like a great idea, but unfortunately, it hasn't worked. The Auto-Quit now has a check-mark next to it, but it still doesn't quit.
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I poked around and that was the preference file that remembers if you have the printer set to auto-quit or not. So, it would seem to not be related to the preference that's supposed to remember that setting.
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