Reply To: Book printing (BIG) problem

Thanks to all of you, David, Dwayne and Bonnie.
First an answer to Bonnie, we are composing using InDesign CS6 and Windows 7.

However, there are details that I did not mention previously which may point to other problem(s) then the font:

1. Linux Libertine (yes we are using the free version) is used in most texts/paragraph styles. Altogether, in this particular file (a book), there are 115 different paragraph styles. From these, 62 use the Linux Libertine font, but ONLY TWO styles render with smudging! ALL the other 60 print OK.

2. What follows is maybe the main point which could indicate that the problem is not with the font itself, rather maybe related to the printing process or machine. It just happens that initially we were printing the books in a cheaper version of Lulu’s print qualities, called Standard Paperback. The mentioned problem DID NOT show in the books printed with Standard quality! It only appeared when we switched to the so-called Premium Paperback quality.

Note: the reason for this print quality switch was that this particular job/book contains over 1,000 grayscale images (photos, illustrations, maps, diagrams) and in the Standard quality they did not print well – were blurred, sometimes a bit out of focus. This was eliminated in the Premium print, but this is when the smudging problem showed up.

So what do you think?

@Dwayne: assuming it could be the font, who is the vendor of the commercial version of Linux Libertine?

Regards and thanks again
Tom