Print looks nothing like the doc

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Hi,I have worked out a few pages within InDesign, im working on manuals.But when i print those pages it looks nothing like what my InDesign file shows me.It looks like there is a greyscale shader applied on some of the darker surfaces from my doc, what gives it a reallystrange look.But my settings on the printer, on my printer driver, and on my I.D. all have "full color" moe selected. I use InDesign 2025, my OS is Windows and i use the latsest version of Windows.The printer is a brand new Kyocera taskalfa 2554ci, wich is about 3 days old so im not to familliar with it. Anyone know what to do? Thanks! -Nick

NM MSDK · Accepted Answer

Yes, the problem did not lay with ID after all.

My PDF's looked the same as my ID doc, but prints still looked terrible. After having mechanics from the printer manufacturer over and spending hours researching it, it turned out it was one stupid small setting.

This new printer, in combination with the setting "full color" and using the extended color pallete i used gave this deformation. Not when i put the printer setting to "combine/auto" the results come back acceptable, still not great, but acceptable,

Thanks everyone for the amazing replies, and when i have problems in the future i will look to this post for advice!

-Nick

James Gifford—NitroPress · Answer

This is mentioned in prior replies, but: do the faults show up in a PDF export? If so, they are inherent to ID and may well be any of the settings (such as 'Simulate Paper Color') noted. If the PDF is a clear representation of your document, the fault lies with your printer, print driver and print settings. (And while you're there, print the PDF to see if it produces a better result, as also noted.)

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