defualt white turns to gray in Freehand MX - please help

[D-Rod]

I will try to help. I need some more information. Does it just look different on the screen or does it print funny or both. Does it change the document or just the pallets? If you look at the swatches in the swatch pallet, hold the option key and double click on swatch it should tell you the setting. My white is 255, 255, 255 and my black is 0, 0, 0. please post more information.