When I print a document created in Adobe Indesign there is a color difference around text boxes and pictures. When I review these areas in the program and a high zoom there apears to be no discolored boxes. I have even gone as far creating a pdf, and exporting it as a high res tif, yet still I get a discolored box around placed items. I am printing to a cannon laser. Could it be the printer misinterpreting the information?
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Adobe Indesign Brain Racking Print Problem
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I would guess that you are using transparency effects here. Check your transparency settings... Objects with different color modes (RGB, CMYK, spot colors) should not be mixed in transparency effects. Also check your print settings - - - You may need to switch between PostScript 2 and PostScript 3 in the print dialog. Also check the transparency flattener settings.
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I am having the same problem, and no matter what i do i cant seem to fix it. At first i thought it was because i was using transparency - so i tried to import the tiff with a set background color which matched the background i was putting it on.
But still the same problem! I have also set the colorspaces the same, both documents are using CMYK.
Now i am only printing onto a desktop printer without PostScript, so im wondering if it can print properly at all? However i still dont understand why the colors should be different, the background vector box in indesign has the same CMYK values as the background of the image i import from Photoshop. So why should the image i import print differently?
Please help this is driving me nuts and im wasting alot of paper
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But still the same problem! I have also set the colorspaces the same, both documents are using CMYK.
Now i am only printing onto a desktop printer without PostScript, so im wondering if it can print properly at all? However i still dont understand why the colors should be different, the background vector box in indesign has the same CMYK values as the background of the image i import from Photoshop. So why should the image i import print differently?
Please help this is driving me nuts and im wasting alot of paper
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Hey Sheezwack,
I SOLVED THE PROBLEM!!! The problem is called "clipping". Clipping is when a vector image meets a rasterized image. This commonly occurs on drop shadows versus elements created in In Design. The way you fix it is go to your transparency flattner presets in the edit menu and set your mix of vector and rasterized all of the way to rasterize. Essentially this is making your layout one giant picture. Now that you set the presets, go to your "pages" window. On the pull down menu of that window you will find ??? transparency flattner??? option...I think that's what it is... then set it just like you did in the transparency flattener presets.
This procedure may be able to be shortend by avoiding the "edit/ transparency flattener presets" option and going straight to the "pages" window's pulldown menu.
Look up "Clipping" in your help menu, it will describe everything...
GOOD LUCK!
Timbo5673
I SOLVED THE PROBLEM!!! The problem is called "clipping". Clipping is when a vector image meets a rasterized image. This commonly occurs on drop shadows versus elements created in In Design. The way you fix it is go to your transparency flattner presets in the edit menu and set your mix of vector and rasterized all of the way to rasterize. Essentially this is making your layout one giant picture. Now that you set the presets, go to your "pages" window. On the pull down menu of that window you will find ??? transparency flattner??? option...I think that's what it is... then set it just like you did in the transparency flattener presets.
This procedure may be able to be shortend by avoiding the "edit/ transparency flattener presets" option and going straight to the "pages" window's pulldown menu.
Look up "Clipping" in your help menu, it will describe everything...
GOOD LUCK!
Timbo5673
Hi Timbo, thanks for that!
I found another way around it too! - by actually using clipping paths properly. If you create a clipping path in photoshop, then save as a tiff, when you place it in indesign it will automatically using that clipping path, for the internal indesign clipping path. So in essence you are kinda clipping twice.
I will try out your solution also! After testing i knew the issue would be with the difference with vector/raster images because of what it was doing, just couldnt figure out how to fix it. All good now!
I found another way around it too! - by actually using clipping paths properly. If you create a clipping path in photoshop, then save as a tiff, when you place it in indesign it will automatically using that clipping path, for the internal indesign clipping path. So in essence you are kinda clipping twice.
I will try out your solution also! After testing i knew the issue would be with the difference with vector/raster images because of what it was doing, just couldnt figure out how to fix it. All good now!
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I do have a problem when I go back into the rasterized page and try to edit it. The program runs VERY slow. I think it's trying to rasterize everything I edit. I think it also destroyed my text boxes and made the text seperate into several text fields.
I haven't PDF'd the document yet.... Would that help my 'bogging' down?
I haven't PDF'd the document yet.... Would that help my 'bogging' down?
Ahh damn not sure, try the method i did above, it works well. I think that would be the "proper" way to do it too since clippling paths are pretty much universal. I think quark works very similar too. I never bothered to use them until now, didnt see what the difference was - but looks like the clipping path can actually be detected by various programs.
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