Background will not print

[helenski]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi guys,

I've just made a poster using Word for one of my modules at college & when I go to print it, it only prints the stuff i've placed on the page and not the background that I initially added. Any suggestions pls?

 

[CyberTaz]

Yes - Consider that Backgrounds are provided for use in producing web pages
& on-screen display, they're really not intended for printed output. If you
are determined to consume that much ink & run the risk of an over-saturated
sheet of paper you'll need to go to Word> Preferences - Print, tick the
checkbox for 'Print background colors and images' (as well as the box for
'Drawing objects' while you're there).

And just to give you a heads up Don't be surprised if the job does not
cover the paper edge-to-edge, especially if you're printing on U.S. Letter
size sheets or larger. Most printers impose a minimum margin setting on all
four sides when printing anything other than photographs combined with the
fact that Word is not really designed to deliver 'full-bleed' print jobs in
the first place. Perhaps it's too late for this project, but in the future
it might be best to consider using a different type of program which is
better suited to page layout work.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Or why not go to your office supply house and by colored Printer paper
and not have to worry about print a Background.

 

[CyberTaz]

.... Usually a better choice except for at least 2 considerations:

1- Anything designated as 'white' will actually be whatever the paper color
is as there is no white ink available in most local print jobs. 'White'
typically is handled as "put no ink here" unless the job is being
commercially printed on colored stock. In that case white ink is pre-mixed &
used as a spot color, which adds to the cost of the job.

2- Any 'transparent' areas or lighter shades of color will be [adversely]
affected because of the paper color showing through. Most of the inks used
by inkjets & other local printers rely on the brightness of white paper to
reproduce the specified colors most accurately, so many areas of the job are
likely to render differently than expected.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

The only place that a colored background seem logical is on a website.

Even doing reports for a Company is done better with a white Background.

The only time where a colored background, is sheets you would pass out
doing a PowerPoint Presentation. And, with a website.

On a website a white Background is actually distracting if Graphics are
used. Now if just straight text white would be okay, but even then, a
gray background would be less harsh on the eyes.

... Usually a better choice except for at least 2 considerations:

1- Anything designated as 'white' will actually be whatever the paper color
is as there is no white ink available in most local print jobs. 'White'
typically is handled as "put no ink here" unless the job is being
commercially printed on colored stock. In that case white ink is pre-mixed&
used as a spot color, which adds to the cost of the job.

2- Any 'transparent' areas or lighter shades of color will be [adversely]
affected because of the paper color showing through. Most of the inks used
by inkjets& other local printers rely on the brightness of white paper to
reproduce the specified colors most accurately, so many areas of the job are
likely to render differently than expected.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Or why not go to your office supply house and by colored Printer paper
and not have to worry about print a Background.

 

[Patty Winter]

The only place that a colored background seem logical is on a website.

The OP said that he/she was making a poster, which is a perfectly
logical place for a colored or patterned background.

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Patty

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Yes that is a Good use for colored Background.

Perhaps a Program Such as InDesign or PageMaker might better after the
original composition in Word.

The only place that a colored background seem logical is on a website.

The OP said that he/she was making a poster, which is a perfectly
logical place for a colored or patterned background.

[lots of extraneous quotage deleted]


Patty

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Patty;

The only place that a colored background seem logical is on a website.

The OP said that he/she was making a poster, which is a perfectly
logical place for a colored or patterned background.

[lots of extraneous quotage deleted]


Patty

.... And equally as good a reason to not use Word for such a project ;-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Create the Content in Word then use PageMaker, FrameMaker, InDesign to
make the actual poster.

Hi Patty;

The only place that a colored background seem logical is on a website.

The OP said that he/she was making a poster, which is a perfectly
logical place for a colored or patterned background.

[lots of extraneous quotage deleted]


Patty

... And equally as good a reason to not use Word for such a project ;-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Patty Winter]

... And equally as good a reason to not use Word for such a project ;-)

Sure, in a perfect world. But actual page-layout programs are expensive.
The OP said he/she was doing this as a school project, so I think we
can fairly assume that he/she doesn't have InDesign or equivalent. Of
course, sometimes the schools themselves have a good selection of programs
available for students' use, so that would be something for the OP to
check into. Or perhaps for this particular project, Word is acceptable.

Anyway, I think the answer was provided (turning on background printing).
We just need to await confirmation from the OP about what happened!


Patty