Preview won't print many installed fonts

Since updating to OS 10.5, Preview won't print many fonts from my pdf documents. The odd thing is, Acrobat will! The fonts are all installed in my library, so I can't figure out why Preview won't recognize them when printing. Any ideas?

Some more info: I've tried deleting prefs, ran Disk Warrior, repaired permissions, added a new user... nothing helps. What is more, when I go to print, many of Preview's drop down menu items ("color", "print settings", etc) don't fully display their information. Help!

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This also happens to many PDF files that I've downloaded and were not created on my machine.
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Sounds like a driver issue. Has this ever worked or is this the first time you've tried? I'd test in a new user to be sure it isn't a corrupt Preview preference (which you could isolate in ~/Library/Preferences/). If the same thing happens in a new user, I'd say it's the printer settings. Try resetting the printer system via Printer Setup Utility and then go back to Sys Prefs > Print & Fax to add your printer. You could need to re-install the driver as well if that doesn't resolve. Good luck!
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