I have two documents ("first" and "second") in CMYK (US Web Coated SWOP), both containing the color C=0 M=0 Y=100 K=100, according to the eyedropper tool. I print them on an HP T1300 by exporting to PDF using the settings shown, and sending the PDFs to the printer on a USB stick. But on paper, this color appears quite different between them. In "first" it is much darker and more solid.
I have a seemingly related problem on the other document "different in one file." In this one I get stronger colors if I print as-is, but if I enable the pixel layer that I created with "Merge Visible" the colors become washed out.
Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
first.afphoto
second.afphoto
different in one file.afphoto