Dropped characters when printing

When I convert an InDesign file using Adobe PDF Presets - (High Quality Print), the PDF looks fine on the screen, but drops random characters if I print it on a desktop or network printer. How do I resolve this print issue?
Adobe InDesign CS6 
Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.0

I believe Calibri should embed correctly, but your description of success in Word certainly makes it sound like a ligature problem. Are you exporting to PDF or Printing/Distilling?

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