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Fill showing on screen but not printing

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Sika2

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Hi All, Just getting back into Illustrator and am trying to create a map. It is a simple B&W map. I have created an outline of a country and have used live paint bucket to fill my outline. This look fine on the screen but when I print the map the country is only shown in outline. I am sure there must be an answer but I just can't find it. Any help much appreciated.

Cheers

Paul
 
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Further to that, I have now established that if I use a Black fill, it prints but it does not print with a Grey fill??
 
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...what percentage grey are you using? if too light it's possible you output device can't hold below a certain percentage.

andrew
 
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Thanks apepp, It would appear that is the case. I am only able to print in Black or the Dark Grey swatch next to Black. I presume from your answer that the problem lies with my printer and other printers would be able to print lighter Greys? Is that correct?

Cheers
 
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...sounds very much like a printer issue...

...your best to also perform test print swatches (black at 100%, 90%, 80% etc) on one sheet, from both illustrator and also make a pdf and print from acrobat, if you get the same results from both programs, you have a printer problem...

andrew
 
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Thanks apepp, I shall try that tonight.

Cheers
 
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