Preview Malfunction-not displaying documents correctly

This seems to have occurred since upgrade to Lion but only my MBP, not my wife's (see attached screen capture; partial grab of document in Preview)
Some downloaded PDFs appear like the sample, as if they were being edited as a layer in Photoshop with the checkered background. The text is visible but hard to read on the checkered background. It isn't a problem with the particular PDF as my wife can download the same document & it displays properly. To make matters worse, not all downloaded PDFs look this way; some are just fine!
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ah, now I see - you have not marked this topic as a question. Look at the icon to the left of this thread and compare it to the others:
Nevermind, others will have to find this by good old fashioned search methods
Regards,
Colin R.

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