pdh Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 How to convert my text to 100% black and not Rich Black. My document is set on CYMK/8 and I export to a pdf using (flatten). This is causing a problem with printing at KDP. Text is not always printing clearly and it effects the black in images. I thought setting the document as CYMK/8 would keep text as 100% black, but apparently not. Should I be exporting as a PDF/X and if so, which one? I am new to the printing settings, so any suggestions how to fix this would be helpful. They also want me to make sure "text is not converted to images but is true text on each page" but I will open another topic for that. I am not sure exactly sure how the two issues relate to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Which application are you using? How exactly are the black values defined? Which document profile are you using? Which output profile are you using? The last point, you are listing, makes me assume, that there are possibly other issues in the game. Could you attach a small version of your Affinity document here? Then we will have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Thanks for the help. I'm not sure I can answer your questions but here's what I know. I've also attached a couple pages from the document, in the export format pdf(flatten) which is what I've been using. Which application are you using? Affinity Publisher How exactly are the black values defined? I don't know Which document profile are you using? not sure if I understand but I'm using color format CYMK/8 and color profile U.S. Web Coated (SWOP)v2 Which output profile are you using? exporting to PDF using (flatten) pgs 49 - 50 WIB to affinity forums.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Best option would be to post the Publisher file here, so that someone can took a look on what is going wrong. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I has a similar issue in which what I thought was 100% black was not in fact. The problem was due to me copying and pasting text from another source (Google Doc / MS Word). I have now created a base style that explicitly sets CMYK to 0,0,0,100 to ensure that this doesn't happen again. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 I wasn't copying and pasting, but maybe that would help. How did you create the base style? Is that the same as a Text Style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I used a paragraph style and set the font colour there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 5:09 PM, pdh said: How exactly are the black values defined? I don't know Who did define the black values in your document? – You can detect the initial/original color space of a swatch or color with un-selecting the lock icon in the color panel before selecting the black object. – In the swatches panel are 4 default colors, 'none' included, the black is 100 K. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 Looks like the color is set as RGB. The swatches panel is on black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 34 minutes ago, pdh said: The swatches panel is on black What do you want to say with this? But whatever this means: Define your own black (0 ,0 ,0, 100) and make sure, that your document profile is the same as your export profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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