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We switched from digital printing to wet litho about a year ago. Since then, black text is printing out of the CMYK set, rather than 100% black. It looks awful. We've tried various kinds of test files with our printers, using different PDF settings, and none make any difference. Affinity Help says printing text as black is the default setting, but that clearly isn't the case.  Has anyone else encountered this problem recently (I see  the issues lurks in the forums as far back as 2018)? If so, is there a known fix?

 

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4 hours ago, Rogermcarey said:

We switched from digital printing to wet litho about a year ago. Since then, black text is printing out of the CMYK set, rather than 100% black.

Are you using CMYK for the colour space? Are you using a 0,0,0,100 CMYK black for the text or a Rich Black which is a mixture of all four inks and is suitable for illustrations but not text.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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