Microsoft KB Archive/69217

PostScript Devices Cannot Print Transparent Bitmaps PSS ID Number: Q69217 Article last modified on 09-17-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

A transparent bitmapped object imported into a PowerPoint presentation will not print on a PostScript printer. A black or solid-colored box will be in place of the picture.

More Information:

Only monochrome bitmaps are transparent objects. To check if the picture is a monochrome bitmap, perform the following steps:


 * 1) Select the object and choose Recolor Picture from the Color Menu.
 * 2) If only one color is listed, then the picture is monochrome.

Also, the background and other objects can be seen through the noncolored parts of the transparent monochrome bitmap.

There are other graphic formats that have transparent attributes. Only transparent bitmaps will have this printing problem, and only monochrome bitmaps are transparent.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint for Windows version 2.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.