PPT: Recolored TIFF Images Printed Incorrectly
  
PSS ID Number: Q138642
Article last modified on 05-16-1998
 
MACINTOSH:3.0,3.0b,4.0
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 4.0
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SYMPTOM
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If you import a TIFF image into a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, and you then
recolor it so that black and white images are some other color, the image
may be printed as though none of the color changes have been made.
 
NOTE: You cannot recolor bitmaps in the Power Macintosh version of
PowerPoint 4 or PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.
 
CAUSE
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PowerPoint doesn't actually change the colors in the image; it filters them
externally. That is, PowerPoint alters the colors for output to the screen
and to the printer. Some printer drivers cannot fully interpret what
PowerPoint is doing, and, therefore, the graphic is printed incorrectly.
 
RESOLUTION
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You can correct this problem by doing either of the following:
 
Method 1: Change the printer driver
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Use version 8.3 of the LaserWriter printer driver. This driver corrects
the problem.
 
Method 2: Recolor the TIFF
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Recolor the TIFF image in a program that can directly edit bitmap images
(for example, Mac Paint, Photoshop, or GraphicConverter). These programs
will actually change the color of the TIFF image.
 
Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 4.00 m_powerpt m_ppt powerpnt
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Keywords          : kbgraphic kbprint
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.0b,4.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbprb
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