[dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon May 20 18:28:05 CDT 2013


How's this - when I reinstalled the driver for the laser printer, the ink
jet printer started to work as well without having its drive reinstalled.
Go figure.

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: May 20, 2013 2:46 PM
To: dba tech
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color

Glad you got it fixed.   I think several people suggested that fix.

GK

Gary Kjos
garykjos at hotmail.com

> From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:29 -0700
> CC: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color
> 
> Re-install the printer?  Too easy. Way too easy. You don't get paid 
> for that kind of advice, do you?  I'm not falling for that line of....
> 
> Wait a minute...D'oh!  
> 
> OMG! Reinstalling worked!
> 
> With much egg on face (hey - it's protein) I remain,
> 
> Rocky
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John 
> Bartow
> Sent: May 10, 2013 9:30 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Won't Print Color
> 
> I would definitely recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the printer 
> drivers and software before doing so with Office. Restart in between 
> doing so (just to clean up the OS processes - uninstall programs have 
> been getting worse rather than better :-(
> 
> Total time maybe 15 minutes and shouldn't affect anything else.
> 
> -----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 10:06 PM
> 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-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [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
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