[dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri May 10 09:27:53 CDT 2013


Only two printers here - both doing the same thing.

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon -
Slough
Sent: May 10, 2013 6:29 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

Um, check that it's not something really obvious (that I failed to do
yesterday)...

I printed a document for someone, unticked Grayscale and it came out fine,
except it was all in black and white. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure it
out and couldn't, so I gave up. I mentioned it to the guy who does our
printers today, and it turns out that although the printer I sent it to
looks almost exactly like all the others (we currently have 15 printers in
an office of 6 people), I chose the black and white printer :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 2:23 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

No - unchecked.

R


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon -
Slough
Sent: May 10, 2013 12:52 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

When you go to print, go to printer properties and make sure that the "Print
in grayscale" box isn't ticked?


Jon

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:06 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

It's been a long time.  I suppose I could uninstall and reinstall Office
2003 and do the SP3 update.  Think that would work?

R


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: May 09, 2013 7:16 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

When is the last time that you printed color from one of those programs
which now doesn't print color? If you can remember, try using System Restore
to go back to that date.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 7:15 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

I tried adobe printing a pdf with color - no problem. And a picture using
Windows Photo Viewer.  So I think the instruction is coming from Office.
But where I can't see. The grayscale box in both printer properties is
unchecked. I used PrimoPDF to make a pdf of a word doc with color text.  I
displays in color in adobe but prints in black and white when I print it.
So the pdf from Word prints gray even though previews in color.  While a pdf
not created in word prints color just fine.

A mystery...

R



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: May 09, 2013 4:03 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

Do any other apps print color - if not many printer settings include an
option to print grayscale If so then the printer setting for the office apps
may have "memorized" the settings to print grayscale.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 5:18 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; List; 'Off Topic'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

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
858-259-4334
www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com
<http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>
Skype: rocky.smolin

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