Preview app: painfully slow with some .pdf files

I have consistently had troubles opening pdf files generated from spectrometers in my research lab. The files load slowly and Preview typically freezes to the point that it is not very useful.
These files are .pdf and not large (100kb in size). My computer is fast otherwise. I've attached a dropbox link if anyone is interested in trying to open on their computer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b9se3ihe0izvzq1/19F%20NMR.pdf
Any ideas why I would be having this problem? Any feedback would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Chris
As a side note I copy and paste these pdf files to insert into Keynote and face similar slow loading (sometimes my powerpoint freezes mid presentation.)

The built-in PDF renderer has trouble with that file. You might get better results with Adobe Reader.

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