Microsoft KB Archive/822524

= There is a white border when you print graphics that have transparent regions from a PostScript Printer in Office 2003 =

Article ID: 822524

Article Last Modified on 3/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you print an Office 2003 document to a PostScript printer, graphics that have transparent regions print with a white border along the edge of those regions.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the Graphics Device Interface Plus (GDI+) portion of Office 2003 renders bitmapped transparencies in a 4-bit mode when printed to a PostScript output device. This causes the white border to appear along the edges of the transparent region.



WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this problem, add the following registry key and change the transparency rendering from 4-bit rendering to 128 bit:

Follow these steps, and then quit Registry Editor:  Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:

 

 On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD. Type PSTransparencyValue, and then press ENTER. On the Edit menu, click Modify. Type 7f, and then click OK.</li></ol>

Additional query words: OFF11 OFF2003 PS GIF PNG

Keywords: kbtshoot kbregistry kbprint kbpostscript kbprb KB822524

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