Acrobat 9 freezes when I print a filled in form

When I click on the print button in Acro 9 the app often freezes. I have to force quit, and then try again. Sometimes it takes 5 or 6 attempts before things print normally

OS X 10.5.5
Dell MFP Laser 3115cn (I have no trouble printing in any other application)
I don't know whether it is a "raster" or "postscript" printer. How would I figure this out?
4 GB RAM
Number of open apps varies from 1 to many (as many as 16 or so).
HDD space available= 139gb out of a total of 297gb .
Thanks Mike.

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Printing a filled in form

Hi;
I want the visitor to be able to fill out and submit a form
and then be able
to print just the form with no other page elements. how is
this done ?
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You would need to use a print stylesheet to style the form
after being
submitted, but you will also need to use some custom
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> ?
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> Thanks;
> Pat
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