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I've tried this on serveral docs/files, different computers and different printers--same problem with all.
I scan a document and create a pdf. It looks fine on the screen, but only partly prints and what does print is illegible/trashed. The workarounds work: I can print as an image, and I can scan it and create a correct file with programs other than Acrobat.
I suspect the most recent update since this used to work. I'm on v. Acrobat Pro X, v. 10.1.5.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Apparently not. Now I REALLY don't understand. Before posting it, I thought I'd test two of the problem files. Both print fine now, despite now change to the file. I'd suspect the printer, or something between the computer and the printer except that the problem occurred on completely unrelated computers. We found out about it when we emailed a pdf to someone and they asked us to redo it because they couldn't print it. In addition to the messed up print, sometimes the printer printed an error mesage:
ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: &e"F"On.L5G3_Ns
STACK:
(M.9=M/kDM"?I6K-pW8K&-P91 "S#8Y* [FQ@:80rR?KUD!SX2##Z:C!JKDpNH#_F0)
I've posted one of the "known problem" files anyway (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8G0TD_aMNWOLWJwcll4TEkwT0U/edit?usp=sharing) but it seems I don't have a problem now. If you can help understand what caused this and what fixed it, I'd love it. I don't want to have to print everything to test it before sending it out, just to be sure it works.
Thanks,
Jeanne

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