ALL PDFs created are printing in ALL Black

We are running Acrobat 8.1.2, along with the entire CS suite. We have 7 other staff that are running the same software with exactly the same preferences. All of a sudden, my software prints ALL PDFs either created or received, in ALL BLACK. Printers haven't changed, settings haven't changed. I even removed the printers and re-installed them. Most recently I installed a third party plug-in, Quite Imposing. Could this have corrupted Acrobat. It hasn't in the past. Any ideas why my PC would produce copy in all black?
KEN PANTHEN, Albany, NY

Everyone,
Was out sick with surgery for three months and didn't realize that the PDF file that I had printed prior was "Print all colors in Black" and it stuck. So sorry for the thread.
KEN PANTHEN, Albany, NY

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