Word printing issue

sam · External Since: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 66

Hi, I'm using Word 2003 and I have a regular text document using the built-in
Times New Roman font. I use light grey color font(same font) on partial of
the text. When I do the print preview, I can see everything comes out
correctly. But when I print it out onto a black and white laser printer,
there's no color difference on all the text. They're all dark as usual. I try
different light color, different font, different black and white laser
printer, the outcome is still the same. Does anyone know that I need to print
to a color printer in order to achieve the result? Even I just need light
grey color result? Thanks in advanced.

Sam.

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 24065

On the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options, make sure "Print colors as
black on noncolor printers" is not checked and then substitute a color such
as yellow. My experience with monochrome lasers is that whether they print
grey text depends on the driver, but even drivers that won't print grey text
will print yellow as grey.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"sam" <sam.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C5D7A77-AC33-4DDE-8891-BF76B78FA2A1@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I'm using Word 2003 and I have a regular text document using the
built-in
> Times New Roman font. I use light grey color font(same font) on partial of
> the text. When I do the print preview, I can see everything comes out
> correctly. But when I print it out onto a black and white laser printer,
> there's no color difference on all the text. They're all dark as usual. I
try
> different light color, different font, different black and white laser
> printer, the outcome is still the same. Does anyone know that I need to
print
> to a color printer in order to achieve the result? Even I just need light
> grey color result? Thanks in advanced.
>
> Sam.
>

sam · External Since: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 66

Thanks for the suggestion Suzanne, but that option is unchecked(by default),
plus I did try light yellow color before and the printing is still the
same(all perfect dark).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> On the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options, make sure "Print colors as
> black on noncolor printers" is not checked and then substitute a color such
> as yellow. My experience with monochrome lasers is that whether they print
> grey text depends on the driver, but even drivers that won't print grey text
> will print yellow as grey.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "sam" <sam.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C5D7A77-AC33-4DDE-8891-BF76B78FA2A1@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I'm using Word 2003 and I have a regular text document using the
> built-in
> > Times New Roman font. I use light grey color font(same font) on partial of
> > the text. When I do the print preview, I can see everything comes out
> > correctly. But when I print it out onto a black and white laser printer,
> > there's no color difference on all the text. They're all dark as usual. I
> try
> > different light color, different font, different black and white laser
> > printer, the outcome is still the same. Does anyone know that I need to
> print
> > to a color printer in order to achieve the result? Even I just need light
> > grey color result? Thanks in advanced.
> >
> > Sam.
> >
>
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 24065

Check the printer properties then; make sure it's not set for draft
printing, and see if there's a setting that relates to grayscale vs. B&W.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"sam" <sam.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F28F649-8D3D-4E05-8ACC-237B68EA2F2F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the suggestion Suzanne, but that option is unchecked(by
default),
> plus I did try light yellow color before and the printing is still the
> same(all perfect dark).
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > On the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options, make sure "Print colors as
> > black on noncolor printers" is not checked and then substitute a color
such
> > as yellow. My experience with monochrome lasers is that whether they
print
> > grey text depends on the driver, but even drivers that won't print grey
text
> > will print yellow as grey.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "sam" <sam.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4C5D7A77-AC33-4DDE-8891-BF76B78FA2A1@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi, I'm using Word 2003 and I have a regular text document using the
> > built-in
> > > Times New Roman font. I use light grey color font(same font) on
partial of
> > > the text. When I do the print preview, I can see everything comes out
> > > correctly. But when I print it out onto a black and white laser
printer,
> > > there's no color difference on all the text. They're all dark as
usual. I
> > try
> > > different light color, different font, different black and white laser
> > > printer, the outcome is still the same. Does anyone know that I need
to
> > print
> > > to a color printer in order to achieve the result? Even I just need
light
> > > grey color result? Thanks in advanced.
> > >
> > > Sam.
> > >
> >
> >