type prints outline, how to fix

[typobrit]

A puzzle. My type is printing as outline and I am unable to fix

[BobLevine]

How about some screenshots/pics of print outs and system details. Without that, it's impossible to do anything but guess.

[typobrit]

Mac 11.6 operating system, printouts show outlined type even though outline not selected. This dilemma has only recently come about and am puzzled as to the cause

[Scott Falkner]

Does this appear in exported PDFs or only printouts? If only printouts tell us about you printer.

Is it all documents or only some or only one? Is it all fonts or only some or only one?

Have you tried resetting preferences?

[typobrit]

Tried resetting preferences, no change. If I export text as pdf everything is just fine.

Printer is Epson WP4020 inkjet. The puzzle continues.

[typobrit]

System is Mac 11.6, printer is Epson WP420, if I convert to pdf everything prints just fine. Reset prefernces to no avail. Will attach screen shots if necessary.

[Ashutosh_Mishra]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about your experience. Do you see this behavior with a specific file only?

Please try the suggestions given on this community post & let us know if they help.

Regards,

Ashutosh

[typobrit]

This problem – type printing as outline – is becoming more bizarre. If I create a postcard document and print, everything is just fine, then to compound the issue when I print as my default A4 size, it prints OK as well. So, I create a fresh A4 document, print, back comes outline. I have reset preferences, twice now, still to no avail. I am beginning to think there must be a genie trapped inside, waiting to be released and able to grant my wish!

[typobrit]

An addition to previous post. When I chose to print as a postcard, followed by printing as A4 I didn't mention that I chose to print at 55% blk – saving ink! – when I revert to 100% we get the dreaded outline result.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Any chance the files in question are using transparency on top of the type, using transparency to color the type, or have a blending mode applied? 

[typobrit]

No transparency being used. The problem arrived out of nowhere.