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I've had similar problems with Gutsy (and pretty sure the same problems on Feisty).
The last time this occurred was printing a PDF converted from a Word file via OpenOffice. Hung processing on the printer (and in the queue) until socket timed out, no matter what print client used (Evince, Acrobat). Eventually got it to print from OpenOffice but this had failed previously (perhaps OpenOffice always worked but I had clogged up the queue or something....?).
In some cases, prints off 1 or 2 pages before hanging (in CUPS, can see it processing 1 page, 2 pages, etc. *very* slowly before the timeout).
My suspicion would be that it's some specific syntax within the PDF file that then translates into dodgy PostScript or similar. Having said that, had the same issues using a PostScript driver and a Gutenprint one (to an HP Laserjet 2300). Still appears to apply to only certain PDF files (have printed others OK, including ones converted to PDF via OpenOffice).
If it helps, attach PDF formats of file that caused problems (c. 300KB) and will attach Word version in separate post...
Cheers,
Stuart