Preview not rendering PDF correctly

I have an invoice sent to me that wont display in Preview. If I view in Chrome, or in Adobe reader, I can see the correct text.
Anyone with any clues as to what is wrong?
http://www.kdriver.plus.com/milk_chrome.jpg - shows most of the desired text, but barcodes are corrupted
http://www.kdriver.plus.com/milk_preview.jpg - broken
Keith

I have the same problem. Reading the discussions, it appears that many people have had this problem going back for years. Apple does not seem interested in fixing it.

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