Adobe won't print from a Win7 machine to a networked printer conected to a MAC

Hi,
Does anyone have any suggestions.
I have a printer connected to a Macbook in the study, I can print wirelessly from my Win7 laptop, all other types of file - office docs/web pages/photos etc. So I know the printer is set up correctly.
When trying to print PDFs from Adobe reader, I can see the printer in the printer select drop down, but when I click print - nothing prints. I get the printing diaglog box, but the progress bar doesn't get past 0%.
Also from within Reader, at the print dialog box, i can click the printer properties, and from there print a test page, but the PDFs themsevles just don't print. Also I dont get any error messages to say there has been a problem.
I am v confused, as i said every other program i use works without problem.
I would be most grateful if anyone has any suggestions, as its really starting to bug me and i have lots of PDFs to print!
Thanks in advance
MrUseful -
Though thats probably Mr-NotVery-Useful today!

Hi,
Please try the following steps:
Open the file in Adobe Reader
Click on File menu - Print
In the Print Dialog box, select the Printer and then select Advanced button
In the Advanced print setup, Please check 'Print as Image' (See the Screen shot)
Click Ok and then Click Print.
Let me know if this solves the problem.
~ Aditya Kalania

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