PDF prints in red blocks

Any suggestions on why when I print some PDF's either from Acrobat Reader or Apple Preview with the latest 10.5.4 I get PDF's that print with red text boxes around text? I have a color laser and have never had this problem before. I have tried turning off Colorsync but it did not make any difference. Any ideas?

Do you have an example of one of these PDFs you can share?

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i They used to. All the smart support people were laid off last year.
Oi, that's only half true.
Marc, if it's only happening with one file it could be something in the PDF, but first i would see if you can print as image.

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I don't think this is possible with Adobe Reader. You would need a program like Acrobat or Illustrator to hide these text portions.
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I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Acrobat X Pro, but the issue was not resolved.
Neither after updating to the latest version (10.1.9).
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The warning, concerns mostly the pros (publishers, editors, typographers....) who are used in CMYK chromatic gamut.
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- go to drivers and delete the PDF converter.
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