--- Forwarded Message from Sue Weier <[log in to unmask]> --- >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]> ------------------ 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 [log in to unmask] At 11:55 AM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from David Kanig <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >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 > > >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