printing

[stephanie]

i am trying to print a flyer that has a picture i created
myself. what i did was make a square, put 4 separate lines
on top of it, then put the same square (except made it
somewhat transparent by way of the fill options) and put
it on top of it to so it would be transparent enough to be
able to see a hint of the lines underneath...however, when
I print it, it does not print what i see...it prints a the
full solid background as if it were not transparent. how
can i print it with the transparent effect i want?

 

[stephanie]

-----Original Message-----
Stephanie what version of Publisher are you using and what make and brand of
model.

You cannot expect proper answers with no information.

This is the first time I have used this site, my
apologies. I am using Publisher 2002, however, it happened
when I was using Publisher 2000 too.

In terms of what make and brand of model. I have no idea
what you're referring to. Printer? Computer? Please
specify.

 

[madelyn]

Stephanie... I have a similar problem when I print text
boxes with a transpararency set to anything other than
0... it simply ignores the transparency during printing
(even though I see it on the screen). Have you gotten any
advice that you can pass on.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Yes, I must have pushed the send button before I was finished.

The printer brand and model.

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[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Madelyn what version of Publisher and what printer brand and model are you
using?

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[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

i am trying to print a flyer that has a picture i created
myself. what i did was make a square, put 4 separate lines
on top of it, then put the same square (except made it
somewhat transparent by way of the fill options) and put
it on top of it to so it would be transparent enough to be
able to see a hint of the lines underneath...however, when
I print it, it does not print what i see...it prints a the
full solid background as if it were not transparent. how
can i print it with the transparent effect i want?

I've heard that some types of Canon printers can do this.
This does not appear if you export as an image file, however the image
exports in Publisher 2002 are limited in resolution and so cannot print at
high-quality.
Publisher 2003 has a viable workaround, as it can export images at 300dpi,
which is high enough for commercial print.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Ed sorry, it is only a problem with the garbage HP printers.

Just go back and check through years of newsgroup posts.

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[stephanie]

-----Original Message-----
Yes, I must have pushed the send button before I was finished.

The printer brand and model.

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I use two printers. One is a Lexmark Optra S 1625
and HP officejet d145. Neither work. Also one other
important thing to note is that when I do the print
preview before I print, it does not show the transparency
effect that you can see on the regular screen.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Stephanie what are you making transparent that it does not show?

I cannot reproduce this problem.

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[stephanie]

-----Original Message-----
Stephanie what are you making transparent that it does not show?

I cannot reproduce this problem.

i am making the fill transparent. for example, I make a
square, fill it with like an orange. copy and paste the
same exact graphic on top of it and make the top one
transparent. so you can see through the top one.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

i am making the fill transparent. for example, I make a
square, fill it with like an orange. copy and paste the
same exact graphic on top of it and make the top one
transparent. so you can see through the top one.

You are making the square on top semitransparent - you are giving it a %
transparency, which will not print.
See here:
www.microsoft.com/technet/itcommunity/chats/trans/Office/Off0501.asp for an
explanation from Microsoft.

 

[stephanie]

if I am correct in my interpretation, microsoft has not
figured out how to print transparencies? if that is the
case then this may seem like a silly question...why then,
do they even have transparency as a function?

would it show up if i made my original publisher document
into an adobe acrobat file?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

if I am correct in my interpretation, microsoft has not
figured out how to print transparencies? if that is the
case then this may seem like a silly question...why then,
do they even have transparency as a function?

This feature is there because
a) It looks really cool when it works
and b) Because it exports fine to a picture

would it show up if i made my original publisher document
into an adobe acrobat file?

An Acrobat file might make the transparency show properly - it sometimes
works and sometimes doesn't
Canon printers are also reported by some to solve the problem.
Publisher 2003 can export high-resolution images which works around the
problem perfectly.