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PDF prints significantly lighter on one side

francineaguirre
Registered: Jun 13 2006
Posts: 2

Why did one side of my PDF print out significantly lighter than the other, when both sides use the exact same three colors? I exported it from InDesign CS2.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.0, Macintosh
tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
This could be a problem with the document layout, your printer, or ink levels. I'd try to check out printing the file from the original authoring program first to rule out a problem with your printer. If the print looks ok, then maybe something went on with the PDF conversion. You might want to poke around and see if you can replicate the problem with another document to rule out any problems with your document.

If after running some tests you're certain the problem still exists within Acrobat, post another question and send us the file.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.