Adobe PDF Printer in InDesign Shrinking Everything, please help!!!

I'm a constant basic InDesign user, and I've just started running into a particular problem that I think might be caused by a setting I've enabled or something.
Problem: If I "print" anything to Adobe PDF 8.0, everything ends up approximately 25% the original size. Under the "Setup" for the printer dialog, I can choose any paper size and it still happens, and I've got Scale set to 100% and "Constrain Proportions" checked (both these under Print->Setup->Options.
Confusion: I can use the File->Adobe PDF Presets and everything looks perfect. Normal size, all's well. I just can't use the Print function and then select Adobe PDF 8.0
To make matters critical, I am both Tiling jobs and using the "Print Booklet" function, and both need to be sent to the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer as I'm then sending the resultant pdfs off for printing.
Any ideas? Under what circumstances would the regular PDF export work fine but the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer-produced pdf be shrunk?
If you haven't any ideas, can you suggest a few ways to gently trash the printer or preferences to see if that is the issue?
Best wishes,
Matthew

25% in print or on-screen, approximately.
In this instance, I'm making covers and back pages for musical scores, and I need to impose them so they can be printed in booklet form on 11 x 17 paper and then bound.
I did the same thing last spring without incident. Even earlier this fall. Also, it should be noted that the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer works as advertised everywhere except for InDesign.
I'm willing to provide more info. upon request. Also, here's two examples of the same file in InDesign. One is exported as PDF, the other is "printed" to the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer (and shrunk, as you'll see):
http://tebo.no-ip.info/IND/
Why not export? As I mentioned, I don't seem to be able to create booklets (order the pages from an 8.5 x 11 document for printing on 11 x 17 paper) or tile (fragment a large document or image for printing on multiple smaller pages) without going through the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer. In addition, I feel like this should be in good working order as it has been for several years (I know that a month ago I successfully tiled a document).
Matt

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