Black spaces in Acrobat, text after printing

Hello, may I get help please - in some documents, there are black places in Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 where after pringting is a proper text. I checked for updates, there are none available. Also, in Adobe Reader, the text (or pictures) is visible as it is after printing. The only problem then is in Adobe Acrobat. Would you know where is a problem? Thank you in advance!

Hi Alena Kol,
What os are you using? Could you please attach the snapshot of the application window so that i can look into this issue or if possible, then please send me a sample pdf at [email protected] ?
Moreover does this issue occur with this specific pdf or with all the pdf files?
Regards,
Rahul

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