PDF appears black in Preview

Okay. I have OSX 10.7.4.
I have Adobe Reader 10.3.1 (latest version).
When I look at the pdf online, it looks fine. When I open a different PDF that's on my Mac, it looks fine.
When I open the PDF I want to print from the net, I click File-Print, and the preview screen pops up. The page goes entirely black. Any suggestions?

I don't normally use Safari, only for trouble-shooting, and I just opened a 2-page pdf in Safari. When I tried to print, it just showed a single blank page in the print preview mode. It looks as if you've stumbled upon a problem with the "Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 10.1.3" with Safari, which I (sort of) duplicated.
The only work-around I can suggest would be to save the pdf and use Reader to open and print it. Difficult to say if this is an Apple or Adobe problem at this point. The last update that Adobe issued was in April.
Another work-around would be to use Firefox with this plugin - http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/ - as Firefox doesn't work with the Adobe plugin. Or try Chrome which has it's own pdf renderer.
Sorry,
Clinton

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