HELP Printingproblems when using opaque % in fillingeffects

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AnnA

Hi

I seem to have got a problem that I didn't have before.
When making an object whit an filling-effect i.e. to go from green to red an
start om 50% on each colur - my printer (an OKI 9400) suddenly has startded
to refuse to print and prints an nontransparet object instead. Does any one
know if there are any settings either in Powerpoint or on the oki that might
have become wrong.
 
I seem to have got a problem that I didn't have before.
When making an object whit an filling-effect i.e. to go from green to red an
start om 50% on each colur - my printer (an OKI 9400) suddenly has startded
to refuse to print and prints an nontransparet object instead. Does any one
know if there are any settings either in Powerpoint or on the oki that might
have become wrong.
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Think about what's changed since this last worked.

Video drivers, video settings, printer drivers, printer settings, etc.

Also, run through the stuff here:

Don't use PowerPoint for anything serious until you've done this
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

Let us know one way or the other how it worked out and we'll go from there.
 
We have tried all we can thinkof. No printer drivers has been changed
according to IT-staff.


Maybe I just been able to avoid using this effect for the the 1 year I have
been working with XP ( seems unlikely though).

So all objects that are filled with the filling effect command* ( where you
can choose one colur to blend into antother ) and when you change from 0%
opqaue to any other %. Turns out - on the printed material - 0% opaque*.
Maybe you simply can't print such objects.
Have tried to find any old ppt- slides with these kind of objects but they
have vanished ( maybe they never existed).


*translating commands from swedish so I hop I got the right.
 
AnnA said:
We have tried all we can thinkof. No printer drivers has been changed
according to IT-staff.
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But have you tried the suggestions at the links I gave you?

Anyway, it also sounds as though you think perhaps you haven't used this
effect before; because of the way PowerPoint handles transparency it
wouldn't surprise me if some printers have a problem printing it. It may
seem quite simple, but to a printer, it's not. I just tested it here, in
fact, with an HP LJ4V PostScript printer - it's a very robust, reliable
printer that can print just about anything you send it.

But it can't print this (by the way, your description was very good -
thanks!)

One workaround that might help:

Select the transparent shape and everything underneath it, then press Ctrl+C
to copy it.
Then choose Edit, Paste Special and pick PNG.

That will print as it looks on screen.
 
Thank you for your quick an good responses.

You're very welcome, Ann.

Before going back to Photoshop, do give the copy/paste idea a try. If it
works, it will be a lot quicker than doing everything in Photoshop, and if
done cleverly, will make later editing much simpler.
 
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