White Printing

[PJ1980]

How do I print white text onto black paper? The text just comes out blank
when printed. I am using a black background on screen to see what it looks
like, then deleting that so I can print in white.

 

[Nonny]

How do I print white text onto black paper? The text just comes out blank
when printed. I am using a black background on screen to see what it looks
like, then deleting that so I can print in white.

Interesting.

Does your printer have a WHITE ink cartridge?

NO?

You can't do it.

 

[John G]

There is no combination of inks in a printer which will produce white.

A commercial printer MAY be able to do it.

John G.

 

[John Inzer]

How do I print white text onto black paper? The text just comes out
blank when printed. I am using a black background on screen to see
what it looks like, then deleting that so I can print in white.

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Very few printers can print white...
because no combination of the ink
colors can produce white.

Try an off-white...possibly a light gray,
light yellow, light green...

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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[LVTravel]

The only way most color printers can print in white is to put a colored
background behind the text on the page. When the white text is "printed" on
white paper so is the color background which will give you the white text on
a black or other colored background.

 

[Nonny]

The only way most color printers can print in white is to put a colored
background behind the text on the page. When the white text is "printed" on
white paper so is the color background which will give you the white text on
a black or other colored background.

Huh?

"white" text is the color of the white paper coming through when
no ink is put where the text should be and another background
color for the text that is darker than white is used.

Do that on black paper, black - the color of the paper - shows
through... not white.

 

[John Inzer]

Huh?

"white" text is the color of the white paper coming through when
no ink is put where the text should be and another background
color for the text that is darker than white is used.

Do that on black paper, black - the color of the paper - shows
through... not white.

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Colored background (you know...part
of the document)...not colored paper.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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[Matt Beals]

Well it can be done with commercial printing, offset printing that is.
Other printing methods too. But the problem is getting enough "white" in
the ink to be totally opaque and block out the color of the paper.
Obviously in this specific instance the idea proposed of creating a
black background with type colored "white" on top of it is the way to
go. But... That uses up a TON of ink which is hugely expensive... White
offset inks can be very hard to run. It usually requires at least three
or four passes through the press to get decent coverage. At which point
you might as well create the black background and use "white" type on
top of it. The "white" type will create "voids" if you will and allow
the paper color to show through. Which is typically "white"... Unless
you print on fluorescent green. In which case the type will be
fluorescent green...

But none the less it can be done. Totally impractical, but possible. And
yes it can be done on an inkjet printer or toner printer. But again,
it's impractical because of the expense in using that much ink or toner.

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[LVTravel]

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Colored background (you know...part
of the document)...not colored paper.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Glad at least one person was able to decipher my post. Boy it was a long day.



We will use the principle of absence of ink in this quiz. On the document make a full colored background for the document and send it to the back. In your text box change the text color to white and type your information. When printed the white (if using white paper) will show through the color you print since there is no ink in that location being deposited on the paper. If you use red paper, red will show through where you had the white text.

 

[Nonny]

Glad at least one person was able to decipher my post. Boy it was a long day.



We will use the principle of absence of ink in this quiz. On the document make a full colored background for the document and send it to the back. In your text box change the text color to white and type your information. When printed the white (if using white paper) will show through the color you print since there is no ink in that location being deposited on the paper. If you use red paper, red will show through where you had the white text.

If you'd carefully read the first post in this thread, you would
have known that the OP is trying to print white text on BLACK
paper.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/66e329

 

[LVTravel]

If you'd carefully read the first post in this thread, you would
have known that the OP is trying to print white text on BLACK
paper.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/66e329

And as you said, it couldn't be done, I posted a workaround.