Why am I missing pieces when printing in Illustrator?

I have a very complex file with many paths and layers. When I print, all of the complex shapes print just fine but I'm missing two white boxes. I have tried to recreate them and move them but nothing seems to work. I have printed directly from Illustrator and a pdf versions in Adobe reader and I got the same results for both. When I print they show up on the screen but not on the paper. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

You probably have elements with overprint on. Select the white boxes & turn overprint fill off and you should be back in business

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language_code : en
language : English
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product_line : 83
product_oid : 59868
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part_number : C6414K,C6414J,C6414A,C6414G,C6414N,C6414H
purchase month : 8
purchase year : 1996
problem area : color and print quality problems
serial number : [Text removed for privacy]
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