Printer tearing

I use HP CP1525nw Color Laser jet printer purchased about 2 years ago.
I have been having trouble with certain documents that are .pdf's which are perfect on the screen, but when printed, come of the image, particularly around embeddded pictures is "torn" on the paper print.
Most docs are OK, and not all the .pdf's of the series I am printing have issues.
All were I think created in Adobe Illustrator, probably on a MAC!
--Seems to be getting worse over time
--Rebooted COmputer and Printer several times
-- have printed successfully at OfficeWorks

Ji,
Would it be possible to show a picture of what you mean? I know that officeworks defaults to Letter size where other pdf viewers default to A4. Can you try selecting letter size when printing your pdf and see if this helps?
Also could you let me know what device you are printing from?
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP
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