Unwanted boxes in PDF when CMYK is unchecked

When we generate PDF documents in FrameMaker 10 we uncheck the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" check box in order to get our colors to display/print correctly. However, when this is unchecked half of our staff encounters another issue: Boxes display around text in the headers. It seems to be an outline of those table cells. We have tables in all the headers. But even if we specifically select those cells and set the outline to none or white, the lines still show up in the PDF. The lines do not display in the Master Pages or the Body Pages. Because it only happens for some people, it seems like a setting issue. One person can generate a PDF and the lines display, and another person can genereate a PDF from the same FM project and the lines do not display. Any ideas of a setting that we can look for.

> ... we uncheck the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" check box in order to get our colors to display/print correctly.
That's an illusion. Although Vista SP1 and later appear to have CMYK support in the GDI API, it is reported here that the colors are still jammed to RGB (Monitor RGB) internally, then converted back. If the resulting PS or PDF has CMYK colors, they are unlikely to be exactly what you specified in Frame.
As I understand it, the only ways to color manage in Frame (on Windows) are:
Do everything as CMYK EPS, which the GDI won't mess with.
Do everything in an RGB model, tagging for color management during distill (what we do).
Post process using aftermarket tools.
There are also some FM bugs regarding that particular dialog uncheck.

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