MacOFFX: Graphics Image with a White Background Is Printed with a Gray Background

When you print a graphics image with a white background from any of the Microsoft Office programs listed at the beginning of this article, the graphics image is printed with a gray background instead.

Additionally, the following problems occur:

• When you print a PowerPoint presentation that has no background, the presentation is printed with a gray background.
• When you print a file that contains a text box in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, the text box is printed with a gray background.

NOTE: The darkness of the gray background varies with the printer that you use. This problem mostly occurs with PostScript printers and does not seem to occur when you use Mac OS version 9.0.

There is no known resolution or workaround for this problem.

This problem is known to occur with the following printers: The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.