Effects and shading issue

[Peggy14]

I have created a calendar with the Table option.  Every other row is shaded.  I want to put text in the first row and apply a drop shadow. (I put the text on another layer)  The shading is green and the text is white.  Everything looks fine on screen.  However, when I print the calendar I see the green shading (100%) in the first row, the text with drop shadow AND a slightly darker green box which appears to be connected to the text frame.  What am I doing wrong? 

[Derek Cross]

Are you printing from a PDF?

[Peggy14]

No, not from a pdf.  Printing right from InDesign.

[Derek Cross]

Try exporting to PDF and printing from that. Use the InDesign Acrobat PDF Presets. Test High Quality Print and compare the quality of the printing with printing using PDF/X-4.

[Peggy14]

I used High Quality Print and changed standard to PDF/X-4 (it had been set to "none")  It still doesn't work.  I thought maybe I needed to change the opacity of the text frame in Effects but that didn't work.  I also tried to print on another color printer and got the same result.  I have been watching videos on Lynda.com hoping I will see what I am doing wrong but no go.

[Derek Cross]

Are to doing this:  File > Adobe PDF Presets > PDF /X-4 (from the drop-down menu)?

There shouldn't be a "none".

By the way, which version of InDesign and OS do you have?

[Peggy14]

My mistake, I was looking on the “export Adobe PDF” screen. I just tried

what you said below and still get the extra colored box though.

From: Derek Cross

Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 2:29 PM

To: Peggy Shover

Subject: Effects and shading issue

Effects and shading issue

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