Adobe Writer prints garbage

I was wondering if anyone can help with this issue we are experiencing this morning.
When printing a PDF file using Adobe Pro 8, all comes garbage (characters that are not readable)
We are running it from Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
thanks

thanks for your help! I thought I had updated the driver, but when I installed
the 4100PCL6 driver, it seems to have solved the problem! (fingers crossed that it
stays that way  

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