printing ALL slides in Color mode on a B/W printer

[Guest]

Hello
Default print setting is GreyScale with a B&W printer driver.
I'd like to turn it to Color as DEFAULT setting for powerpoint, because
color mode gives better results for all our slides. is it possible ?
Thanks in advance
Dom

 

[Dom]

I forgot: ... with B/W POSTSCRIPT Drivers (PCL gives Color
by default)

 

[Sonia]

If it's a black and white printer that's because it can only print in black and
white. To print in color you need, well, a color printer. Did you mean to say
that it is a black and white printer? What is the make and model of the
printer?

 

[Sonia]

Ah! Now I understand. It's been years since I've used a postscript printer, so
I'll let someone respond who knows more.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hello
Default print setting is GreyScale with a B&W printer driver.
I'd like to turn it to Color as DEFAULT setting for powerpoint, because
color mode gives better results for all our slides. is it possible ?
Thanks in advance

Before displaying the print dialog, PowerPoint queries the printer driver to
see whether it's a color or b/w printer. If b/w it defaults to Greyscale.

There's not a lot you can do about this other than perhaps tricking PPT into
thinking that you've got a color printer.

First idea: pick a color PostScript printer with features that match your B/W
printer in other respects (max paper size, etc.) Install a driver for it,
attach it to the same printer port as your B/W printer and set its defaults to
use no fancy color correction/color enhancement or other device-specific
features.

Try printing to it from PPT.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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