Pages Behaving Badly - HELP!!!

[alison_maclean@adobeforums.com]

I'm new to in-design and having a problem with a document that is quickly driving me in-sane! CAN ANYBODY HELP???

I have set up a 32 page document, . Page 1 is a 'nonmaster' cover page, the rest are all AB facing pages (set up using Masterpages)and have placed in all my text and pics (using paragraph styles). However, when I try and print a copy (just on a black and white laser printer for proofing)the text on pages 2 and 3 keep printing out really faded, like they are only half-tone or something. (the footers print out okay, in normal black, like the text should be). I have checked (and rechecked) and compared all my settings and can find no differences between pages 2 & 3 and other pages of the document. I have deleted these two pages from the document and then inserted two news ones (from the same masters as all the others) I've tried deleting then inserting different text. ALL TO NO AVAIL.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Simon Warner]

This seems really peculiar, so can we just make it as clear as possible.

You have a page on which the font at the bottom of the page prints black
and higher up the page the same font prints grey. It is the same font in
the same point size. It isn't a font in a bitmap graphic or eps.

The fonts all have the same colour. No outlines. No transparency.

There must be something different between the top and bottom of this
page for the same font to print differently.