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Q155855: PPT: Orange Text Prints Yellow on HP DeskJet 1200c

Article: Q155855
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbprint kbdta kbPrinting
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to print orange text to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet 1200c, the
text will be printed as yellow rather than orange. If you have graphic objects
that are the same shade of orange on the same slide, the objects will be printed
as orange.

CAUSE
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Many DeskJet printers cannot dither text. They can only print text in their
primary ink colors or colors made be mixing 50% of their primary ink colors.
DeskJets are limited to the following text colors: cyan, magenta, yellow, black,
white, red, green, and blue. Whenever you print text that is not one of these
colors, the printer prints the text as the color in the list above that is
closest to the actual text color.

RESOLUTION
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If you need text that is another color, you can create the text as a WordArt
object. WordArt objects appear to be text, but are actually pictures that
contain complex polygon shapes. These WordArt objects do not share this printer
limitation.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 7.00 orange deskjet ppt7 powerpt green purple mismatched shift color different

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbprint kbdta kbPrinting 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt95 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt95Search kbPowerPt400
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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