Acro 8 Pro won't Shrink or Fit to Printable Area

I have drawings that originated in AutoCAD that were saved to PDF on 24x36 sheets. I want to shrink or fit them to the printable area on 11x17,but no matter what options I check it prints the upper left portion of the origianl at full scale.
Using Acrobat 8 Pro to print to an HP 5550dn.
Printing works as expected when done from a machine with Acrobat 7.
What the heck is going on?

I have the same printer, an HP Color Laser Jet 5550dn. I am having the same/similar issue as you are. The shrink to printable area / fit to printable area option does not seem to work. If I manually input a scale that I beleive will work, it prints fine.
Apparently the options previously mentioned are not being translated to the printer properly.
For more info on my similar problem, you can read my original thread by searching my user name. I have only one thread posted.
A quick fix is to input the scale manually, but I'm still searching for a permanent solution.

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