Preview prints, Acrobat won't

I am having trouble printing from Acrobat 7.0.7 (both Pro and reader), but the same documents print using Preview.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the data being sent to my printers by each application?
Thanks.

I'm having the same trouble: Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional will not print documents, while Preview prints them just fine. The documents I'm trying to print were created on QuarkXpress 6.5 and printed with Acrobat Distiller 6.0.1 for MacIntosh, PDF Version 1.5 (Actobat 6.0). So, the suggestion that the problem may be PDFs created in Distiller for Windows does not apply. Unfortunately, the document's security settings to not allow me to use PDF Optimizer to resave the documents (nor am I able to recreate them by writing a PS File and distilling a new document). The security does allow for high resolution printing.
I can print older PDF documents, but lately I've found that Adobe Acrobat will print documents. All I get are blank pages.
I've tried removing the printer and reinstalling it. Did not help. There appears to be some incompatibility between OS 10.4.6 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional.

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