Transparency problems in Adobe illustrator AI when converting to PDF

I just recently started working on an iMac, and am enjoying it very much!!!
Here's the problem; I often work in AI and then convert my doc to PDF for print. the pdf appears to be fine when seen on my screen, but when printed, many objects that should be trasparent, print with a white square around it. for example a photo shop PSD that has a transparent background. this happens even if my psd layers were flattened. even more maddening, this problem also occurs with vector objects containing transparencies, ,(such as eps or other ai files that were embedded in my AI file), with attributes like lower opacity, screen, darken or multiply, or feather.
again the exported PDF looks FINE on screen ,even PRINTS fine on my office printer, but when SENT TO THE PRINTER,, it prints really ugly, with squares
around objects and wrong colors. sometimes I can detec these problems by e mailing the file through google, but not always.
I did not have this problem on my old PC, this started on the Mac.
the only solution I can currently think of is to export as JPEG. that is not very good for text and most printers prefer PDF
I am currently using Adobe CS5.

http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/improve-transparency-flattener-performance -illustrator.html

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