Generate PDF Errors in Internet Explorer

I have an issue that keeps coming up for many, if not all of my users, including myself, in which a PDF file is created via a report (versions 2.5 & 6). When the pdf loads inside of Adobe Acrobat Reader, I get invalid Token "F" and wrong setcolor problems and such... If you take the http call and load it directly into Netscape, it works fine.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? If so, were you able to fix it? How? ... etc, etc, etc.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
I.E. version 5.5
Netscape 4.76
Reports 6.0.5.31.0 (we are no longer using 2.5, but the problem existed there also)

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