Graphic Problems

[WintersBooks]

Hi,

I am having a problem when I place graphics with irregular borders in a document with a colored background. Even though the background color appears fine on the screen, it prints with a rectangle box in a different shade around the graphic.

Thanks!!!!

Also, the same type of problem is happening when adding a drop shadow to text. It looks fine on the screen, but when I print the document the background color in the text block (or blocks) with the drop shadow(s) is a different shade than the rest of the document. Any thoughts?

 

[jimoblak]

You should check the manual for caveats of using transparency effects: such as that you should not use a CMYK transparency over a spot color... or mix an RGB transparency object over a CMYK object. The effect that you are seeing is your output device choking on the transparency effects. Make sure that you are going to a PostScript printer and that the output system can handle the level of PostScript from InDesign.

When in doubt, export to PDF/X-1a and then print from Acrobat. PDF/X1-a flattens transparency for lesser output devices.

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