Horizontal lines on a pdf

I have some pdfs that were created from an
image file (cal) using MaxView. When viewed on my
old computer (Acrobat 7.0) the pdf apears fine. When view on my new computer
which has Adobe 9 there are 6 evenly spaced horizontal lines. They also
show up on printed copies. Is there a setting I need to change to correct this problem.

Me too! Just yesterday, Aug. 4!
I get horizontal lines about 0.4 inches apart on the prints, but no lines on the PDF on the monitor. They just show up on the print.
It happened the day I ran malware and virus scans in the morning.
It only affects prints from PDFs created by SolidWorks. WORD documents print fine.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled my HP printer software.
I did the repair for Adobe reader 9.3.3
I even changed my ink cartridges that were low.
What else can I try?
What caused this? Is it because our names are Paul?
I tried to contact Adobe without spending $39, but was unsuccessful. I thought maybe they would like to know about problems. Is the forum the only way to do that?
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From:
Raechel02 <[email protected]>
To:
Melanie Blank <[email protected]>
Date:
06/15/2011 09:34 AM
Subject:
Creating PDF in Word 2007 creates horizontal line
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