Microsoft KB Archive/819584

= BUG: Grayscale graphics are printed as CMYK output in Publisher 2003 =

Article ID: 819584

Article Last Modified on 2/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 with Digital Imaging

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Notice


SYMPTOMS
When you print a publication that contains grayscale (8-bit) images, those images separate as cyan, magenta, yellow, black (CMYK) builds. Therefore, instead of appearing on only the black plate, the images appear on the cyan, magenta, and yellow plates also.

This symptom occurs whether you print color separations directly from Microsoft Publisher, or print them as composite CMYK, and then use another program to separate the publication.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Publisher treats grayscale images as 24-bit red, green, blue (RGB) images, and then separates them according to its built-in RGB-to-CMYK color profile. This profile separates most grayscale images as CMYK builds.



WORKAROUND
In Publisher, recolor the image(s) to black, or to the rich black of your choice.  In Publisher, open the publication. Right-click the image, and then click Format Picture. In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Picture tab. Click Recolor. Do one of the following:  In the Color list, click the black swatch, and then click OK.</li> If you want to use a rich black instead, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> In the Color list, click More Colors.</li> In the Colors dialog box, click the Custom tab.</li> In the Color Model list, click CMYK.</li> Type the values that you want for the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black fields.</li> Click OK three times.</li></ol> </li></ul> </li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: Pub2003 Pub11 registration

Keywords: kbcolor kbpostscript kbprepress kbgraphic kbprint kbpending kbbug KB819584

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