Large image does not print in Word or EXCEL

[BFPoulin]

I have a case where a large TIFF image is inserted in an Word document. The
insert picture works fine and the image is visible , but the image does not
print. It is replaced by an icon. I have tried different printers, different
printer drivers with no success. If the print resolution is reduced, the
print works fine. Unfortunately, the high resolution is absolutely needed,
for this application. It must be printed on
an ANSI C size sheet at 600 dpi resolution. It seems that Office has a hidden
limit in the size of images it can print. The same issue happens in EXCEL and
Power Point. Other applications (non Office applications) can print the same
picture without any problem. Unfortunately, the picture is needed in a WORD
or EXCEL document.

The properties of the image are:
Width: 13184 pixels
Height: 10200 pixels
Horizontal and vertical resolution: 600 ppi
Bit depth: 1
Frame count: 1
It was created using a TIFF printer driver (Zan Image Printer BW) from a CAD
application and the output format was ANSI C, 600 ppi.

I have tried 4 different printer drivers:
Xerox document center
HP Laser Jet 4000
Zan Image printer (printer emulator which creates tiff or jpeg images)
PDF995 (printer emulator which creates pdf files)

All of them produce the exact same result: an icon is printed in place of
the image. If I reduce the output format to letter using 600 ppi, then the
printing works fine on all of them. If I print on C size, but reduce the
print resolution, again it works fine. The CAD application can print on ANSI
C at 600 ppi without problem on the same printers (all 4 of them). Only
Office applications give me problem.


Anybody can help?

Office version 2003
Operating system: Office XP Pro, Version 5.1.2600, SP2 Build 2600
Computer: IBM ThinkPad Pentium 4, 2.1 GHz
Physical memory: 2 GBytes
Hard drive: 100 GBytes, NTFS (Free space ~ 50 GBytes)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Please follow up in your original thread, where Bob Buckland was already
assisting you.

 

[BFPoulin]

Suzanne,

There has been nothing new for about one week in my previous posting. No
answer to my last question. I tought it would be better to re-submit because
older postings are probably forgotten.

Regards

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

They may be forgotten by those using the Web interface, but for those of us
who post using an NNTP newsreader, new posts are easily seen. It's still
always better to continue in the original thread, where context is
available.