Export to PDF puts trims in wrong place.

When I export a pdf from CS3, selecting crop marks puts the trim marks in the wrong place, we are only talking 0.25 of a millimeter, but this is causing us problems sending files to publication. It seems to us that the crop marks are being made too long and this is causing everything to shift.
A A4 page with a 5mm bleed and 5mm crop marks comes out as 230.6 x 317.6.
If I print the page and select a custom size, InDesign is also giving to wrong size.
The same error occurs in CS2 and CS4.
Has anyone else come across this?
If I make the file without crop marks everything is ok.

I have found a solution, use a mrk file as this link
http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-custom-printer-marks-in-indesign.php

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