Color not printing

I am using CS6 with an Imac. I am making a program and am having trouble with the color printing. I have a a page with three ads on it, two of the ads print fine but the third won't print the type in color although the graphics on it print correctly. This is happening on several of my pages. Help

OK, my bad again. I presumed you were printing from PDF, but it sounds like you are printing direct from ID.
ID is not known for being the greatest at printing, so it would be worth trying to export a PDF and print that. Try File > Adobe PDF Presets > PDF/X-4 and print from Acrobat or Reader.
If you continue to try printing from ID, make sure that in the Graphics section of the print dialog the Send Data dropdown is set to ALL.

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Hi @Iolanthe ,
I see that you are experiencing issues with the colors not printing correctly. I would like to help you resolve this issue.
I have provided a document with some steps to try to see if that will resolve the issue.
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From the application, make sure you are selecting the proper paper type.
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