Print problems Acrobat Pro V8.2.3

Since performing this most recent update, I have been unable to print any pdf files to any of my printers. Instead of getting the normal clean, crisp image I've been used to, I get a garbled blotchy mess of large black pixels that in a rough way present the original image. Text comes through okay, but always black: colors are lost in the translation. If I'm lucky I get grey.
No problem printing the same files using AcroReader 9.
I've worked through the preferences, print settings, etc. and I can't figure anything that could be causing this problem. Other than me executing the update recently. Yes, I dabbled with the "Black Point Compensation" toggle in the Color Management dialog (preferences), but that had no effect.
The Adobe printer works fine when generating pdfs from source documents, but when I attempt to "reprint" a pdf using this printer, I get the same garble, but only when using V8 Pro. The reader worx fine.
All I can figure is that Adobe included some switch/toggle in the recent update that has truly messed up the print function. Anybody else suffering this or know of a solution?
OS: WinXP Pro SP3

I found the answer in an earlier post: http://forums.adobe.com/message/1171595#1171595 Wish it had been easier to find; search function proved inadequate.
In my case, I DO know -- or can guess -- how the check box in the print dialog was changed to "Print color as black." I bought a new MS ergo keyboard and I'm having a horrible time dealing with it. My old Lite-on SK-6000 keyboard was totally different (better) and appears to be irreplaceable. And I'm a "keyboarder." I eschew my trackball at ever opportunity. I'm certain I inadvertently hit "ALT-I" and toggled it on.
I'm guessing it would take a true graphic artist type to want to use that toggle: The output on my files is worse than what we process in sewage plants. Truly.

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