Re PDF"s printing all black.

Hi all,
I'm having trouble printing some PDF's only. Some are fine, others print a whole page of black.
Even though it appears normal on the monitor. If I save as a postscript and open in Preview it is also all black. I'm using Adobe Acrobat on Powerbook G4 , OSX 10.4.11.
The same files print normally on my PC, Windows XP, (that hurts).
Any help really appreciated.
tnx jeremy

Well, I guess we should start with this... can you highlight any text in the PDF & maybe copy it? Or is it just a pic of Text?
What happens if you Save As say a JPG in Preview?
Seems an Adobe problem..
I'm running OSX 10.5.8, installed adobe 9. Now while surfing using Safari some pages load automatically into adobe pdf, but background is totally black
http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/312840-adobe-9-black-backg round.html
Objects with spot colors in PDF's that have been created with Adobe Acrobat 6 on Macintosh OS X (10.2.6) import into FreeHand MX 11.0.1 as missing, white or black. The PDF files created with the Acrobat 6 format have also been reported as having issues with FreeHand MX and even other applications like Illustrator.
This has also been reported with CMYK-TIFF images that have drop shadows applied to them.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/188/tn_18893.html

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