Gradient background problems

[msmag]

Why is it that when I print my document with a gradient background, it prints
with many horizontal lines instead of the two or three showing on my screen?
I am using MS Office 2003.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Does it do this with *any* printer or one specific one? (I suspect it's not
a Word issue.)

 

[msmag]

I have printed on a Konica/Minolta 2430 laser and I have printed on an HP
Laser. It happens on both printers. I chose a pale blue horizontal
gradient, lightest, and on screen it shows the upper half of the page as
white gradieting to the pale blue, which is what I wanted. Print preview,
it is the same. Although when I print, it comes out "striped" with 10
stripes of blue and white alternating. Same result on both printers.

Does it do this with *any* printer or one specific one? (I suspect it's not
a Word issue.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Why is it that when I print my document with a gradient background, it
prints
with many horizontal lines instead of the two or three showing on my
screen?
I am using MS Office 2003.