.PDF, printing, color

Hi.
Working in IND CS2. Have XP.
IND is the only CS program that I have.
I made a press quality .pdf. Settings look fine, pictures are in cmyk & 300 dpi. The color settings are set at North America Prepress 2 like always.
Printing from IND is great.
Printing from Reader is not. The color is off as if I made a low-res .pdf or a smallest-size .pdf from IND.
Just wondering why because I do not remember changing anything. Is there something else I can check?
Thanks. If you need any other info let me know.

I am using InD CS2 and XP with service pack 3 and am now unable to print pdfs. I am hearing rumblings that InD doesn't like that #3 patch, and perhaps I should revert to patch 2 to print my pdfs. Anyone else encounter this problem and has found a workaround--or magic wand?

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