I rarely use 100% black in my text - normally tint about 75% to get a nice gray. When I print this, the text is fuzzy. How to I keep the density without using full 100% black?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "tint". Are you using a tint swatch?
If you make a new process swatch that's C-0, M-0, Y-0, K-75 it should print fine.
Depending on your actual printer, you might have to play its settings - things like saturation, etc. These are not normally available in the INDD print window. In that window, see if you have a Printer button. Click that to get to your printer's settings.
I guess i don't know what a spot ink is. What I do now is type some text, select the black swatch from the colour palette and bring the TINT slider above down to 75%. I don't quite know what that does, but I'm guessing now that that's not the right thing to do.
Saltcod: I think you're making things hard for yourself.
You said: "What I do now is type some text, select the black swatch from the colour palette and bring the TINT slider above down to 75%."
I run out maybe 6 to 8 grayscale newspaper ads a month, often with gray text for areas with large text. All I do is make a new process swatch (swatches window - flyout menu - new swatch) with C M & Y set to zero and K set to a percent of black, like 80. There's never a problem.
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