not getting 100% k value in CMYK

[nishchaln27173379]

i am getting C=60 M=90 Y=0 K=0. I WANT TO MAKE A DEFAULT SETTING FOR K=100  FOR PRINTING

WERE TO SET THIS AND MAKE IT TO DEFAULT

    THANK YOU

[Ton Frederiks]

Are you using a document in CMYK mode?

If you start creating a document with a Print preset you will have 100% black.

[nishchaln27173379]

Ya sir i am using the document in CMYK mode itself . And i am also creating and opening my document with a print present format only .. but still when i make a rectangle  and say K=100 and C=0  M=0 y=0 . Then when i open the same again it shows c=60 m=90 y=0 k=0..

[Ton Frederiks]

How is your Color Management setup?

What is your Edit > Color Settings > CMYK Working Space profile?

[nishchaln27173379]

The colour management in working space is .

CMYK : U.S.Web Coated (swop) v2  and the colour management  in CMYK Is preserve numbers

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

That seems normal.

Did you try to reset your preferences?

How to set preferences in Illustrator

To restore preferences quickly using a keyboard shortcut

Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (macOS) as you start

[nishchaln27173379]

Ty sir .. i tried this but ntg getting  changed  after dng this also the same %are been shown .. can u pls help me with this.

[Ton Frederiks]

Can you share a problem file?

[jdanek]

Check Preferences > Appearance of Black > set "Output" and "Display" Blacks Accurately.  If you want a Rich Black in a particular file, you need only create a custom swatch and all other instances should default to 100% K.

[Spice219021463l6k]

i went through this same problem by last 2 hours after reading this reply i am right now changing preferences lets see what happens ill get back with good reply i hope 

[Spice219021463l6k]

😫 not working

i went through this same problem by last 2 hours after reading this reply i am right now changing preferences lets see what happens ill get back with good reply i hope 

By @Spice219021463l6k

[Met1]

what's not working? you can't set black to 0,0,0,100?

[Spice219021463l6k]

i cant icant icant its been 3 hours plz somebody let me out 

[Spice219021463l6k]

if i set that value to 0 0 0 100 in cmyk 

rgb value changes automatically and black come out as grey 

[Monika Gause]

CMYK 100 K won't ever translate to RGB 000, because conversion uses color management.

You need to create two different files: one in CMYK, one in RGB and then set up the colors individually.

[Spice219021463l6k]

if i export in jpeg format then open it in a software it shows the value of k -90 

[Spice219021463l6k]

i want k-100 in exported output plz help

[Ton Frederiks]

Please describe exactly what you are doing.

Create a new print document.

Fill a rectangle with 100% black

Export as CMYK jpeg?

View it in what application?

[Spice219021463l6k]

i viewd it into adobe illustrator software it self

i opend an exported jpeg file into illustrator and it showed k 90 not 100

[Ton Frederiks]

Please describe exactly what you are doing.

Create a new print document.

Fill a rectangle with 100% black

Export as jpeg with what settings?

[jessicap31614823]

I just had this same exact problem. No matter what I did when I typed in 100%K the values would change to different C, M, Y, and K values. I accidently had my file set up in RGB so I switched it over to CMYK (File<Document Color Mode < CMYK). Once when the file was in CMYK, I still could not get my black to go to 100%K everything would change to odd C, M, Y, and K values like I was experiencing before. Just so everyone is aware I was not using any spot colors etc. 

The solution I fould was to create a whole new blank file and make sure it is set up in CMYK mode, then copy paste everything from your old file into the new file. Hope this helps!