Print dialogue box is whacked. Can't find a solution

I have been having this problem for some time and just working around it as best I can but this is really a problem for me. I have uninstalled-restarted the computer and reinstalled Reader 11.0.06 from adobe.com and still not fixing the problem.
When I open a pdf and click on print, the print dialogue box is unreadable. I am trying to include a screen shot of the problem. When I print other type of documents I don't have this issue. ONLY PDF's. And as seen in the attachments below some PDF's print box opens up differently than other PDF's. Very weird and frustrating. Any ideas? Thanks
I am using windows 7 pc

I guess I must have stumped the Adobe world???

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This is obviously a bug with Photoshop Elements 12.
In my Photoshop Elements 10 the printer dialogue box scales to fit the screen every time.
In Photoshop Elements 12, even moving the task bar away (you can simply drag it up the right hand side of your screen with the mouse) you can't see the print button as its still off the bottom of the screen.
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