Black & White PDF's print with reddish hue

I have been using Adobe products forever and just had to upgrade to this Creative Suite. Something is different with the Acrobat Pro settings after I convert an InDesign file to PDF.
A lot of our ads are black and white with just our logo in color. It used to be that I could print using AUTO print and the black and white was truly black and white and the logo showed in color perfectly.
Now, the black and white has a reddish hue to it when printed no matter what I do. (It looks fine on screen).
My co-worker who also upgraded to the Creative Suite is having the exact same issue.
We both have PC's. I think it may be ICC Profile related but don't know enough about that to know what to change.
Thanks

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