Can't print PDF's unless they are saved first

I have two users running Windows 7 Pro that are both having this problem. When they print PDF's (stored locally on a file server of ours and/or from a website that a vendor provides us access to) nothing happens. Last week I upgraded them both to Reader X and that worked along with saving a copy of the PDF locally first. Today same problem.
When the user prints typically the processing window comes up then the document it sent to the Windows spool, but neither is happening. Nobody else is having that issue and we all are using the same printer drivers on Windows 7 machines. I thought about uninstalling the local printers and rebooting but have not done that yet. Also no other applications are having problems printing and each time Windows is able to print test prints.
Any help would be apprechiated.
Thank you!

Special02-
What App(s) are you using to print the pdfs? What happens when you try, is there an error message?
If you double-click the Home button, a row of recent Apps will line up along the bottom of the screen. Scroll across and see if the Print Queue is there. Check to see if it happens to have a print job hanging it up.
Note that the Windows computers do not use AirPrint. They use printer's native language.
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