Acrobat 8.1.2 prints images as solid black

When I print a PDF that has images on it, the images are shown as black blobs. In contrast, if I print a document from an InDesign file rather than a PDF, the print looks perfect so I know my printer works OK.
Any suggestions as to how to get PDF's to print without the blobs? This is only a recent problem as the program has always worked previously.
Thanks!

I would guess that from the lack of responses that I am the only one who has experienced this problem of blacked out images when printing. Just my luck.
It seems to me that there must be some setting somewhere that controls how images are printed and the setting it is currently on is wrong. There is no grayscale in the images at all. Just black. For example if i print a page that has text on a light background, all I see is black. The same text on a white background prints OK.

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