Adobe 8.1.2 prints everything black

Whether I am in the 3D viewer or document reader whatever I try to print comes out solid black. It is not the printer as I can copy and paste and print from a different program. Have checked all of the preferences and cannot come up with a solution. Am running Windows XP. Please help.
Larry

Check the properties of the icon you click to open the program, to see if it somehow has a list of files along with the actual program name

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