Some PDFs not Viewable in QuickLook?

Anyone else experience this? Some PDFs are viewable, some aren't?

I am having similar problems with PDFs generated with [StreamServe Communications Server 4.1.2 SP1]. These files are order forms generated by an automated system. In Tiger I could preview the files without a problem. Under Leopard I only see the frame (table) of the form and the images. The the only way now to view the PDF content is with Acrobat Reader.
I thought maybe the problem is related to fonts. But the PDFs in question only use Helvetica and Arial, so there should be no problem with that.
Quicklook does not work on those file either.
At this point I would appreciate all ideas.

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