Access Reports to PDF cause weird grid lines

I have created reports in Access 2010, with no padding and grid lines to be hairline thickness. In Access, when viewing it under report view it looks perfect; however when I export to PDF I always get bold lines in random order and space between the rows.
I have tried to show a picture but it won't allow me.
I appreciate any and all help.
Thanks!

Hi,
Do you have some special formatting or date in the report? For example, if you have conditional formatting rules in the report, it might appear some weird grid lines. See the thread :
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d61feb68-b662-4250-86de-5033d9f61b5e/is-there-a-way-to-use-alternate-back-color-and-conditional-formatting-at-the-same-time?forum=accessdev
And we may try some methods to check if they are helpful:
Update the PDF Reader version.
Install Office 2010 latest patches.
Disable Access 2010 add-ins.
Repair Access 2010.
If the issue still exists, please upload the image or a sample of the database through One Drive and share the link to me.
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support

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