Microsoft KB Archive/132563

WinWord Black-and-White Graphic Prints Incorrectly in MacWord

PSS ID Number: Q132563 Article last modified on 06-28-1996

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MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

When you convert documents containing black-and-white graphics from Word 6.0, 6.0a, or 6.0c for Windows or Word 6.0 for Windows NT to Word 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, or 6.0.1 for the Macintosh, one of the following may result:


 * Images appear sparsely dithered, and some text or other content is not displayed or printed.
 * Images display correctly in normal view, print preview, and page layout view but print with reverse (inverted) shading to PostScript printers. The white portions of the graphic become black, and the black portions become white.

This problem occurs when printing the converted documents to PostScript printers using the LaserWriter 7.x or 8.x series printer driver. The problem does not occur when printing to QuickDraw printers, or when using the QuickDraw GX LaserWriter driver.

= CAUSE =

This problem appears to be a problem with the Windows Metafile converter supplied with the Word for the Macintosh product versions referenced above.

= WORKAROUNDS =

Method 1: Install QuickDraw GX, the new printing architecture included with Apple Macintosh System 7.5 or later, and use the LaserWriter GX driver. Steps to set up the LaserWriter GX driver once QuickDraw GX has been installed are as follows:

a. On the Apple menu, select the Chooser.

b. Click the LaserWriter GX driver.

c. In the Connect Via list, select the method of communication with the printer.

d. Below the Connect Via list, select the printer you will be        using.

e. Click the Create button. (A GX print driver icon will        appear on the Desktop.)

f. Close the Chooser. Method 2: Turn on the “Black and White” option instead of “Color/Grayscale” in the Print Options dialog box of the LaserWriter series 7.x and 8.x printer drivers. The black and white portions will print correctly; however, gray or white-text-on-black portions of the graphic will not print.

Method 3: If possible, print to a QuickDraw printer.

Method 4: Double-click each affected graphic to start Word’s Picture Editor. This corrects the inversion problem when printing; however, it reduces the number of detail and colors in the graphic. The printed output resulting from this workaround is usually acceptable for less-detailed graphics.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Black-and-white bitmap graphics (for example, captures of Windows dialog boxes) that are created with a screen-capture program consistently print with reversed (inverted) shading after conversion to Word for the Macintosh.

Note that any printer that uses the LaserWriter 7.x or 8.x series driver supports the PostScript language. The following are commonly used PostScript printers:

LaserWriter LaserWriter II NT LaserWriter II NTX LaserWriter IIf LaserWriter IIg LaserWriter Personal 320 LaserWriter Personal NT LaserWriter Personal NTR LaserWriter Plus LaserWriter Pro 400 LaserWriter Pro 405 LaserWriter Pro 600 LaserWriter Pro 630 LaserWriter Pro 810 LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter Select 610 HP LaserJet 4ML HP LaserJet 4si HP LaserJet III HP LaserJet IIIsi

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