Report Rendering (Print & PDF) trashes report that looks fine on screen

Since installing SQL Server 2012 SP2 CU3 (11.0.5556) a number of reports look fine on screen but when printed or exported to PDF the format is totally altered so that either many blank lines are inserted between lines, or lines are squashed together. It
doesn't affect all reports. Reports (both affected and not affected) use Tablix with both Row Groups and Column Groups. There is no obvious consistency between those reports that are affected.
All of our SQL Server instances are hosted on VM-Ware virtual servers.
I've raised the issue via Microsoft Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/1063641/report-rendering-print-pdf-trashes-report-that-looks-fine-on-screen
Any thoughts or workarounds? Is this a bug?
Thanks!

Hi nsam,
We installed the sqlserver 2012 sp2 cu3 in our lab, but unfortunately the issue cannot be duplicated, so I provided the following options for your reference.
1),Please help to provide a way with detail steps to duplicate the issue.
2),If you don't know how to duplicate the issue, please try to remove the sqlserver 2012 sp2 cu3 update by the following steps to see if the issue can be fixed.
In Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs item.
2. Click Change or Remove Programs .
3. To see all the updates for the SQL Server 2012 installation, click to select the Show Updates check box.
4.Uninstall the cumulative hotfix package.
3,)Please visit this link to see the various support options that are available to better meet your needs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;en-us;offerprophone

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