Missing layers in CS5 pdf export :((

Hello,
trying to export a document with 20 pages with 2 page templates ("Mustervorlage") and 2 layers as PDF (interactive and not interactive).
In some pages the objects of the background layer are missing. Exporting only one of these pages the background objects are exported, too.
But why? In InDesign CS4 (both windows) I did not have this frustrating behaviour.
Carlos

That makes sense. I had a colorist that works with one of our vendor pre
-press houses set us up. We calibrated to our vendors machines so that we could share files when necessary. Their recommendation was the distiller workflow. Even setting the profile in the export to pdf option in ID caused it to be a bit different than doing it the long way. That may have changed since this was a couple of years ago, but I've just continued to do it that way.

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