Text colour prints incorrectly

I'm having problems with InDesign CS3 when I print to our in-house printer.
Luckily it's not happening anywhere else, but whenever we print to our desktop printer the text colour has been unsaturated. If the same colour is in a shape or eps on the page, it prints fine.
Does indesign treat text differently to graphics when printing and why?
If I convert the text to curves it prints correctly... not found this problem reported anywhere!
We have a Ricoh Aficio C811DN printer.

Hi Red,
Can I have your file if you don't mind? I am curious because I have similar printer here.
My email address is [email protected]
Thank you!
Rumiko

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