PDF garbled when printed in Adobe Reader

Hi
I've made a document in Pages, then saved it as a Postscript file, and then converted it to a PDF in Preview. When I load it up in Adobe Reader 7, it comes up fine. However, when I print it out, all the text is garbled and the images are seriously messed up.
The problem could lie with several links in this chain, but I was wondering whether anyone had had similar problems and/or could help.
Thanks!
Tim

Thanks for the reply.
Well, I managed to print out the PDF file from my flat-mate's PC on a laser printer, so I'm guessing that the problem lies either with the Mac version of Adobe Reader 7 or the HP printer driver. As the printer copes fine with Preview, it might be Reader's fault.
But this does mean that all hope isn't lost on my project using Pages.
A few more investigations are needed I think.
Tim

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