Problem with black in exported .pdfs

Hi all.  I'm very new to working with InDesign, so please forgive me if I don't know all of the appropriate terminology.  I had a 42 page .indd file that I exported.  The reason for exporting was so that I could then open up the pdf pages in photoshop and individually rename/resave the pages.  The text in InDesign is in 100K black.  When I open the .pdf in photoshop, the black now has a mixed CMYK value.  This is causing all manner of stress at the printers.  Is there something I need to do in .pdf exporting that will preserve to value of the black as 100K?

Aggghhhhhhh, Don't Open a PDF in Photoshop, Don't Open a PDF in Photoshop, Don't Open a PDF in Photoshop.Find a decent printer how can take a ID file...ok, ok, your using some "Put Daniel out of business online print source..."
Never mind, its all fine...it's their problem, they can trap that rich black type...rename all the pages...that's a riot, but not easy..
1 - Acrobat>Document>Extract Pages>Ectract as Seperate Files
Hmmm, do you or the "printer" have Acrobat Standard?
It's not that I don't feel your pain, Daniel, but maybe ms. brushmistress thinks that she has a valid reason for running PDFs through PS?
Depending on what you're trying to do, brushmistress, there's probably a faster way to do it through InDesign. F'rinstance, I just Googled
indesign script save pdf as individual pages
and the first few links all looked really promising. A script to export single page as PDF, a free utility for exporting multiple pages as single files... you may want to take a look. It'll probably save you a lot of clicking time, and some printer somewhere (maybe Daniel, maybe someone else?) can breathe easier, or at the least forestall an apoplectic fit.
If that's not what you're trying to do, just ask us; there's a scary amount of InDesign workflow expertise hanging out on these forums.

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