I am having trouble printing on a Postscript 3 printer from a PDF file created with InDesign CS6 on iMac OS 10.8.3. My document has a graphic set at 17% opacity as the background with black text placed in a layer above. I am able to print this document on my home printer (HP CM2320 fxi MFP successfully, but when I email it to be printed on a Sharp MX-4110N printer, the text is distorted - it is thicker, fuzzy, and has an ever so slight white outline around each letter. I have no idea what type of PC is actually being used to print the document on the Sharp.
My text is the top layer, the middle layer is a blank layer, and the bottom layer is the 17% transparency graphic. I checked my Attributes to make sure that no overprint selections were checked. When converting to PDF, I selected [High Quality Print} in the Adobe Presets with the default settings, with the exception of changing Pages to Spreads. I notice that when I go to the Advanced Tab, the Transparency Flattener is grayed out on [Medium Resolution], which means that “Convert all Strokes to Outlines” is active.
I’ve been researching and at given points thought maybe it was a transparency flattening issue, or an overprint issue, or a PDF conversion issue. However, since I can successfully print from my home printer, I suspect that the settings I am using to convert to PDF might not be compatible with the Sharp printer? I am new at this (an amateur to boot) and feel like my head might explode if I Google one more article on these topics. What am I doing wrong?