Microsoft KB Archive/139689

= PUB: Gray Text Prints as Black to LaserJet 4 with Windows 95 =

Article ID: 139689

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q139689



SYMPTOMS
If you print a publication that contains gray or colored text to a Hewlett- Packard (HP) LaserJet 4-series printer, the text will print as black.



CAUSE
The Windows 95 printer driver for the HP LaserJet 4 does not support printing gray text. All text prints as either black or white. This problem is not limited to Publisher; any program that supports colored text will have this problem.

If you run Publisher 95 under Windows NT 3.51, gray or colored text actually prints as gray.



RESOLUTION
This problem doesn't occur with the LaserJet 4 PostScript driver. If your LaserJet can accept PostScript, you can use the LaserJet 4 PostScript driver. Some models of LaserJet 4 (such as the 4SI) support PostScript directly. Other models (such as the LaserJet 4) require an add-on product to support PostScript.

If you can't use the LaserJet 4 PostScript driver, you can create the gray or colored text as WordArt objects. WordArt objects are pictures and will print in shades of gray to the LaserJet 4.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: pub95 pub3 w_mspub mspub 7.00 ppt powerpt shaded HP dithered powerpoint LJ4 grey pub97 gray text when attempt print shades

Keywords: kbprint kbprb KB139689

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