Tables not printing at 100% black

[kathym5184590]

Hi All,

When I print a table in indesign it is grayed/screened back. I need it to print at 100% black. Any ideals on how to do this?

[kathym5184590]

You are right I tried it and the table frame and the numbers are at 100%. I tested the same file all the way through(indesign>PS>PDF) and was at 100% on the PDF.

Big Thanks to All, I was not looking forward to a redesign of the calendar. 🙂

Thank you all again.

[Jongware]

Open your PDF with Acrobat Pro. Locate Output Preview – its location varies (wildly) per version, so if you cannot find it right away, look up for your version where to find it.

You should see dialog with a color breakdown for at least Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Zoom in on one of the suspect lines and move the cursor on top of one of the not-so-black lines. Now what does the color breakdown say?

1. If it says "100% Black" (there may be values in the other components as well), and these values are the same for all lines – good and bad – then it's a printer issue and we cannot further help you.

2. If it says "100% Black" and the other components are all zero but other "correct" lines do show more colors (thus "black plus some more"), then you have a mix of different types of black. The lines are black ... but other lines are darker. You can correct this inside your InDesign document.

3. If it tells you all four color components are high but not quite 100%, the original color is a dark RGB tint and not "proper" black ink. You also can correct this in InDesign.

4. If the dialog confirms that some of the good lines are properly formed, that is, 100% black and no other color, and yet these wrong lines are reported less than 100%, it must be a problem in the document, and we'd need to know more. It could be transparency, tint, shade, gremlins, an object on top or nearby, and a smattering of other causes.

[kathym5184590]

This is what I have on the PDF file under the output preview. The line I tested is the line under the word Saturday, also tested Saturday its a 100% +. So where in the InDesign file do I need to change the gray to black?