Trouble printing Photoshop PDFs in InDesign

Hi, I'm using some Photoshop PDFs placed in InDesign. I can export to PDF just fine, but if I print to PDF the image drops out (just becomes a black square). Any ideas on this? I need to print to PDF to follow my printer's instructions (unfortunately). Though it's also black if I print to the Adobe PDF printer (rather than my printer's supplied virtual printer). I could switch the file to a TIF, but I hate to rasterize it. Should I try backsaving to an earlier version of Photoshop (if that's even possible)?
I'm using InDesign CS4 and Photoshop CS4. I think it's the first time I've tried PDFs from Photoshop CS4 (last magazine issue I had upgraded to InDesign CS4 but was still using Photoshop CS3).
I'm on Windows Vista.
Thanks, Phyllis

No, OPI is off, though that was a good guess!
Any other ideas?
I'm trying to find a way to downsave to Photoshop CS3 but don't see it. Do you happen to know if that's an option? (I realize this isn't a Photoshop forum but hate to split up the question.)
Thanks, Phyllis

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