Printing from Reader

I'm frequently having problems printing PDF's downloaded from the web, most often statements from my LL Bean credit card account. I'll download the PDF, open it with Reader, send it to the printer, and then it just hangs up. The progress bar for the printer just keeps on scrolling and nothing gets printed. I'll then open the same PDF in Preview (Mac OS Mavericks 10.9.1and it will print fine).
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why I'm having a problem printing with Reader?
Thanks!

Michael, thanks for your suggestion.
I tried deleting the preferences as well as all of Adobe Reader and reinstalled. Same problem!
I am having a hard time believing that it's the printer subsystem since it prints fine using Apple Preview. If I can't get a solution in a reasonable time, I will probably scrap Adobe Reader altogether and stick with Preview.

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