Random characters appear in print

I am using Word 2010 to create my documents as both .doc and .docx.
I convert them to pdfs using Acrobat 9 Pro.
When I send the pdfs to clients they display and print properly for all of my clients except for one.
This client is a government department and whenever my documents have any styling in them such as bold or italic the characters display on the monitors OK but they print as random symbols.
Any suggestions please?

I am guessing a bit, but here are some things to try:
1. Be sure ALL fonts are embedded (using print or press job settings usually take care of that)
2. Check the use of font downloading for the print. That may be the issue that the individual is having that is printer/driver dependent.
Don't know if either will help, but at least they are some things to try. Also, try to find out the printer, OS, version of Acrobat, etc (or if a different viewer is being used, even Reader) and provide that to help in the future.

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