Why is Photoshop printing transparent backgrounds ?

I have this problem only with CS4 Photoshop, I have a OKI C711WT (CMYW) and for some reason when an image (CMYK) has a transparent background, PS will print it with a solid black or white, I have to take my .psd AS IS and print it on CorelDraw on the very same machine where the transparency doesn't print, I have tried GIMP and that also prints correctly.
Is there any strange setting I am missing for printing with white ink with transparencies ?

It could be that you specified bad settings either in Photoshop or the printer driver -- both have color controls.
(or on some printers, even settings from the printer console)
Without you telling us exactly what settings you used, we don't know.

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Since it depends on how the equipment handles the processing of continuous tone and linework theres no single answer to that. Newer equipment seems to be getting away from the "dual-level" processing (I haven't seen this problem on output in a few years, but that doesn't mean it isn't still out there in some shops).
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