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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / June 2006Shadows printing with solid black box
I'm working with PowerPoint 2004 and have discovered that every time I try to print a shape that has a shadow, the shadow prints as a solid black box around the object. In looking through Help, I see that this is a compatibility issue with earlier versions, but I've found no way to fix the problem. Can anyone help me find a solution to this problem? Your help is GREATLY appreciated. Thank you! > I'm working with PowerPoint 2004 and have discovered that every time I > try to print a shape that has a shadow, the shadow prints as a solid > black box around the object. In looking through Help, I see that this > is a compatibility issue with earlier versions, but I've found no way > to fix the problem. Can anyone help me find a solution to this problem? > Your help is GREATLY appreciated. Thank you! Check to see if the shadow is set to be transparent. If so, try with a non-transparent shadow instead. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Check to see if the shadow is set to be transparent. If so, try with a > non-transparent shadow instead. With transparency set to 0, the problem still persists. > > Check to see if the shadow is set to be transparent. If so, try with a > > non-transparent shadow instead. > > With transparency set to 0, the problem still persists. Lightbulb. But is it the right one? Are you printing to a B/W printer? If so, try selecting Grayscale or Color mode in PPT's print dialog. Print a slide or two as a test. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Lightbulb. But is it the right one? > > Are you printing to a B/W printer? If so, try selecting Grayscale or Color > mode in PPT's print dialog. Print a slide or two as a test. It prints this way both on our Black and White (HP 2420) and our color (HP 8500); I've tried grayscale going to the color and color going to the color. All my print jobs go through a UNIX server before getting to the printer; could there be a translation error somewhere along the way? I actually talked to PowerPoint support about this today and the only conclusion we've come to is that it's either a problem with the program installation (unlikely since I'm not the only one with this issue) or that it's something to do with the printers/drivers themselves. > > Are you printing to a B/W printer? If so, try selecting Grayscale or Color > > mode in PPT's print dialog. Print a slide or two as a test. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > All my print jobs go through a UNIX server before getting to the > printer; could there be a translation error somewhere along the way? Anything's possible but it doesn't seem likely; that kind of thing more often results in a job that won't print, prints partial pages or spews reams of gibberish. Can you reproduce the effect in a simple one slide file with just a single object or two? If so, I'd be happy to have a look, at least in PPTX and in the Windows versions. I don't have the latest PPT version, but even that might tell us something. Email to steve at-sign pptools dot com ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ What OS version are you running? Do you see the same problem if you click Preview instead of Print from the Print dialog? Does checking/unchecking Soft Proof while in Preview make any difference? > > Lightbulb. But is it the right one? > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > installation (unlikely since I'm not the only one with this issue) or > that it's something to do with the printers/drivers themselves. Hi, This is somewhat of a long shot, but be sure you don't have the printer set to draft or low quality mode. -Jim Gordon Mac MVP > I'm working with PowerPoint 2004 and have discovered that every time I > try to print a shape that has a shadow, the shadow prints as a solid > black box around the object. In looking through Help, I see that this > is a compatibility issue with earlier versions, but I've found no way > to fix the problem. Can anyone help me find a solution to this problem? > Your help is GREATLY appreciated. Thank you! |
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