CS3 printing problem

Working in CS3 on my Mac, I routinely export PDFs from InDesign for printing at Kinko's or Office Depot or anywhere else I can find a laser printer.
Although I can take the native InDesign file to print, I prefer the more conservative approach and export the PDF.
This system has worked flawlessly until the last month or so. The top margins, while set precisely in InDesign and exported precisely to Acrobat, are printing off by about an eighth of an inch. I've tried printing PDFs at Kinko's and Office Depot and have gotten the same results. At Kinko's I printed the native InDesign files perfectly.
As I have changed none of my output settings, the only thing I can think of is that the discrepancy results from my using Acrobat 8 and the printing folks using Acrobat 9.
Any input? Is this a known problem? Is there a work-around that eliminates my having to update my software?
Thanks for any help.

Ah, yes. I neglected to say that those choices are set in the print dialogue: No scale, and do not center content.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
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From: [email protected]
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