Adobe Reader 9 printing pdf problem

I have just had to do a compleate re install using Windows XP and Office 2007, Adobe Reader 9 now installed my pdf documents are visable but will not print to any of my printers. I currently have the following printers -a HP 1317 All in One and a Panasonic KX-P7100. Both worked perfectly with Adobe Reader 8 1 3. Now I have Adobe Reader 9 I cannot print PDF's. All other docs print out. Any advise please.

I have had the same problem with Acrobat 9 Pro (and Acrobat Reader, and trying to print PDF's within IE). In my case it seems to be related to my recent Internet Explorer 9 install. I had disabled the Adobe IE plugins (as well as others) for better performance, as Microsoft suggests. When I re-endabled the plugins in IE9, Adobe Acrobat 9 started printing again -- at least once every 3 tries; sometimes it would work with Print button, others with File > Print menu, and still others with right click > Print.
In any case, I fully blame Adobe. Having a dependency in your core app on something that sits inside another app as an add-on...? Inexcusable, and very poor software design. So add poor design to the poor technical support we're seeing on this issue. I hate to be this harsh, but after reading the forums about the same error, spanning months and months with no resolution, I have no other response for Adobe's lack of dealing with this issue properly.
I even re-installed Acrobat 9 Pro, with no success in fixing the problem. Buggy.

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Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 00:12:41 -0600
From: [email redacted by moderator]
To: [email redacted by moderator]
Subject: Adobe Reader Adobe Reader has encountered a problem and needs to close.
hi
i had also the same problem with that version.
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===
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