Vector image becomes pixelated and distorts text

This is an issue that is driving me nuts! I have a vector image created in Illustrator that I am placing in InDesign with an opacity setting. When I print it to a PDF the text (and anything created in InDesign) that is over the image and the image itself become pixelated. In InDesign in displays perfectly but something is happening in the conversion to PDF that is screwing up the file. It displays and prints pixelated. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks so much!

Hey Nik-
I think I fixed it but fill me in. The text is on a seperate layer above the image. I am printing to a PDF, is exporting better? I just changed the transparency flattener to High resolution when i printed to a PDF it is now displaying and printing properly in Acrobat.
Is that the best way to do this to ensure when I take it to a printer it will come out clean?
Thanks!

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