Print on Black paper

[Suz]

Are there any settings I can do in Publisher with printing on black paper so
it will actually print the white? (I've also tried with yellow and it barely
shows up. )

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Regular inkjet printers do not have 'print white' capability..

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/T0471_Printing_in_White.html

 

[Suz]

Even bright yellow did not work, it was so faded it was lost on the black.
Any other suggestions?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Even bright yellow did not work, it was so faded it was lost on the black.
Any other suggestions?

a) Print black background onto white paper.
b) Purchase a dye sublimation printer that is capable of printing black.
c) Outsource your printing to an outside printing service/agency.

The reason bright yellow doesn't work is because the lightest shades of
yellow use little yellow ink (letting the white paper show through). The
darker shades of yellow are designed to print yellow on white paper by
staining the paper. Black paper just goes a darker shade of black. You
might a little more luck if you try a photographic gloss or coated black
paper, where the ink sits on top of the paper, rather than a
sugar-paper-type black paper, which absorbs it more, and using the most
yellow shade of yellow that you can (if that makes sense), and setting
your printer to a heavy ink volume and/or a photographic option.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

with my printer, that would cost me 9 bucks in black ink


| Suz wrote:
| > Even bright yellow did not work, it was so faded it was lost on the
black.
| > Any other suggestions?
|
| a) Print black background onto white paper.
| b) Purchase a dye sublimation printer that is capable of printing black.
| c) Outsource your printing to an outside printing service/agency.
|
| The reason bright yellow doesn't work is because the lightest shades of
| yellow use little yellow ink (letting the white paper show through). The
| darker shades of yellow are designed to print yellow on white paper by
| staining the paper. Black paper just goes a darker shade of black. You
| might a little more luck if you try a photographic gloss or coated black
| paper, where the ink sits on top of the paper, rather than a
| sugar-paper-type black paper, which absorbs it more, and using the most
| yellow shade of yellow that you can (if that makes sense), and setting
| your printer to a heavy ink volume and/or a photographic option.
|
| --
| Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
| http://ed.mvps.org

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Yes.. as suggested in the link I provided, you may want to purchase a
printer type capable of producing white on a dark color background.

 

[Chuck Davis]

Three coats of yellow wall paint will not cover a wall previously painted
black.