Linked PDF file won't preview in Safari

I linked a PDF file to my iWeb page but when I click on it in Safari it loads almost to the end but then errors at the last two pages. The same file works fine in Mac Firefox and IE on a few PC's I tried. Safari though on multiple macs just wouldn't view it. I could however right click and download then it viewed fine in Preview.
Any thoughts?

Okay, but what Terminal command did you attempt to use before? What happens in the new user account when you try Safari there? Do you have any Input Managers installed? Those are located in /Library/InputManagers and Home/Library/InputManagers; if you don't have either of those folders, then you have no Input Managers.
You can also try quitting Safari and going to Home/Library/Preferences and deleting the com.apple.Safari.plist file, then restarting Safari and resetting all your preferences to see if that resolves the problem. But don't do that until after you've had no luck with the things above.

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