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>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 14:06:19 -0600
>From: Sue Weier <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7101 Word 5.1 prints white characters on black background
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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We encountered this problem with Word 2000 on a PC.  The cause was the 
postscript printer driver we were using.  We updated the driver (for an HP 
4100n) and the problem disappeared.

Hope it helps -

Sue


Susan Weier
Information Processing Consultant
University of Wisconsin-Madison
279 Van Hise Hall, 262-3004
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At 11:55 AM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:18:27 -0500
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >From: David Kanig <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Word 5.1 prints white characters on black background
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>
>Dear Folks,
>
>History: A Mac user has a large quantity of Chinese documents in Word
>5.1.  Because these files were created with an old version of the
>Chinese Language Kit, she cannot open them under a modern OS or with
>a current version of Word.  She has a new set-up for creating new
>documents, but for her older documents she uses an old Mac running OS
>7 and Word 5.1.
>
>Problem: Word 5.1 has suddenly begun printing white characters, Roman
>and Chinese, on a black background.  On the screen the document looks
>as expected, but foreground and background colors are switched in
>printing.
>
>Can you remember solving this kind of problem for Word 5.1?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>David Kanig
>Brown University