Microsoft KB Archive/98502

= WD: Dark Colors Print the Same as Regular Colors =

Article ID: 98502

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q98502



SYMPTOMS
In Word 6.0 for Windows, characters or drawing objects formatted with dark colors (such as Dk Magenta or Dk Cyan) print as black or as their non-dark counterparts (such as Magenta or Cyan) on some color printers. The screen displays the dark colors correctly, but they print out as black.

In Word 2.0 for Windows, characters formatted with dark colors print the same as their non-dark counterparts on some color printers. The screen displays dark colors correctly. For example, Dark Green and Green text are different on the screen, but they both print out as Green.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



WORKAROUND
Select the colored text or drawing objects, copy them, and paste them into Paintbrush or Microsoft Drawing. This will convert the images to a bitmap format. You can then copy them or update them back into the Word document.

With the Canon BJC 600, you can change the Media Type to Coated Paper, which allows the printer to print the dark colors correctly. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) In Windows Control Panel, choose the Printers icon.
 * 2) Choose the Setup button.
 * 3) In the Media Type list, choose Coated Paper.
 * 4) Choose the OK button, and then the Close button.

The dark colors will now print correctly to the BJC-600 from Microsoft Word version 6.0.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists colors as formatted in Word and as they print on a color printer:                                 DeskJet        BubbleJet 550C and      600 and Word 2.0        Word 6.0       Word 6.0 Color       Prints As        Prints As      Prints As   -        -        -      - Black       Black            Black          Black Blue        Blue             Blue           Blue Cyan        Cyan             Cyan           Cyan Green       Green            Green          Green Magenta     Magenta          Magenta        Magenta Red         Red              Red            Red Yellow      Yellow           Yellow         Yellow White       White            White          White Dk Blue     Blue             Black          Blue Dk Cyan     Cyan             Black          Cyan Dk Green    Green            Black          Green Dk Magenta  Magenta          Black          Magenta Dk Red      Red              Black          Red Dk Yellow   Yellow           Black          Yellow Dk Gray     Lt Gray          Black          White Lt Gray     Lt Gray          White          White Note: The above test was conducted with Windows version 3.1 on the following printers for Word 6.0   HP DeskJet 550C         DESKJETC.DRV v5.0 Canon BJC 600          BJC600.DRV   v2.0d and on the following printers for Word 2.0:   HP PaintJet XL          PAINT.DRV v2.1 Star NX-2420 Rainbow   STAR24E.DRV v1.2 Citizen 200GX color    CIT9US.DRV v2.0 HP DeskJet 550C        DESKJETC.DRV v3.0, v3.1 The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: winword2 1.0 1.10a 2.0 7.0 word95 word6 canon 6.0 winword bj 600c word7 word97

Keywords: kbprint kbualink97 KB98502

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