InDesign black actually 91%K

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I've seen this discussed in many forums, but I have yet to come across a satisfying solution, so I thought I'd try to find an answer.
The problem seems simple:
For the sake of discussion let's imagine a single page in inDesign with one word or graphic shape in the middle, set in black, using the default indesign 'black' swatch. This is a greyscale document, and will be sent to an off-set press for printing with no colour signatures. Just a black plate.
I export this page as a PDF and view it on screen: the text doesn't show black, but more of a grey. I thought no problem, it's just showing me an approximation or a proof black that shows how it will be on paper (if it is set in RGB, it comes out nice and black).
So to test, I open the PDF in photoshop to check the levels. Lo and behold, the black is not 100%, but 91%K.
Why is the black not black? And should I worry about this? (Images with a 100 seem to come out black just fine).
Anyone any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
eu.

In my opinion it's more important to render a solid black and keep the relationships between the shadows and the midtones than it is to preserve absolute percentage values.
But that doesn't happen if you export from SWOP to 20% Dot Gain and the appearance of black set to rich. You do preserve 100% black, but you don't preserve all the other relative values—the shadows get lighter and the highlights get darker than the original.
Look at these PDFs and you'll see the problem—the swatch labels are the starting CMYK black values.
This is a Photoshop5 to 20% dot gain conversion:
http://www.zenodesign.com/forum/PS5-20.pdf
Here's SWOP to 20% with rich black turned on:
http://www.zenodesign.com/forum/SWOP-20-RichBlack.pdf
Here's a capture from Acrobat. The SWOP conversion is on the right—the image tonal range is flattened and the blend bands in th shadow end

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