[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Office Won't Print Color

Bryan Carbonnell carbonnb at gmail.com
Fri May 10 08:42:13 CDT 2013


Here's a WAG that worked for someone on an HP printer.....

Open the "Devices and Printers" window.

Right-click the printer and select "Printer Properties."

Select the "Device Settings" tab.

Scroll to the bottom and set "Device Type" to "Color" (instead of the
default, "Auto Detect").

Failing that, maybe an uninstall/reinstall of the printer drivers are in order.

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> Dear List(s):
>
> Sorry for the cross post - you never know where the 'good' answer will com
> from these days. :)
>
> Anyway, I have two color printers and neither will print in color from any
> Office app.  I tried printing a picture from Windows Photo Viewer  prints
> color.  PDF from Adobe - OK. So I think the printers are OK.
>
> So I think it must be something on Office.  This is 2003 professional.
>
> I put three lines of text on a doc, one red, one blue, one yellow.  All come
> out in grayscale.  If I print to PrimoPDF and then print the PDF it comes
> out in grayscale as well - so it must be some instruction in Office that's
> defaulting everything to grayscale.
>
> Google is usually good about this but there's nothing except some advice
> about background printing.
>
> What to do?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>
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