In advance forgive me for posting something that already has been posted, but there is a Dutch saying that says that you cannot see the forrest anymore because there are trees in the way...
I have two identical Imacs with the same software versions on them and I run into the following problem. When I export an Indesign file to a PDF one one machine, black is just a 100% black and when I export the same file on the other machine the output for black is in four colours. I haven been looking for differences in the setting, but I just cannot solve the problem. I there anyone out there who can help me with this?
CMYK output for black
2010-09-13 00:34:51
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Macintosh
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Macintosh
2010-09-13 02:18:18
#1
In InDesign, go to Edit - Preferences - Appearance of Black, and change the option for print/export.
2010-09-13 02:32:08
#2
Thanks. Is this in CS4? I see no preferences under edit in CS4 where I can change the print/export options.
2010-09-13 02:55:09
#3
If you're on Mac the preferences menu is on the main InDesign tree:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d21a.php
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d21a.php
2010-09-14 00:22:40
#4
:( There is no print/export options under preferences (OSX-CS4). Not that I can find it anyway.
2010-10-27 15:41:38
#5
Could be a couple of different reasons:
If you are using a different file one could actually be RGB but Acrobat is automatically converting to CMYK in the seperations preview
If you are using Illustrator / InDesign you have the settings set to "Use Rich Black" which makes all black text 4 colour so that when it goes to press it doesn't drop out in thin areas
If it is the second problem, inside Indesign (with no documents open) go to Edit>Preferences>Appearance Of Black and in the Printing/Exporting drop down change it to "Output all blacks accurately"
If you are using a different file one could actually be RGB but Acrobat is automatically converting to CMYK in the seperations preview
If you are using Illustrator / InDesign you have the settings set to "Use Rich Black" which makes all black text 4 colour so that when it goes to press it doesn't drop out in thin areas
If it is the second problem, inside Indesign (with no documents open) go to Edit>Preferences>Appearance Of Black and in the Printing/Exporting drop down change it to "Output all blacks accurately"