PDF not centering on printout

Suddenly, the PDF is not printing center. It's printing off to the side.
It was working perfectly last week. This week the printout is cutting off on the left side.
Acrobat Pro 9.5.1
I'm using page scaling: "Fit to Printable Area"
Auto Rotate and center is checked.
I tried trashing preferences. Still doesn't print correctly.
This happened a few years ago when I had an earlier version of the Acrobat. When I upgraded, everything worked again.
The only way I can reduce to fit and print now is if I use Preview. When I use Preview it works fine.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm not ready to upgrade yet.
Thank you!

I downloaded Adobe Reader X and it printed correctly!
So it seems as though my Acrobat 9 is the problem.
Should I reinstall the application? If so, do I need to uninstall, then reinstall?
Thanks for your help!

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