Printing category colours in Outlook Calendar

[SarahF]

Hi
I use category colours in my calendar and until I upgraded to outlook 2007
was able to print out my daily and weekly calendars with all my different
appointments and events in colour on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer.

Now I've upgraded to Outlook 2007 the calendars don't print in colour, nor
do they indicate whether an appointment is "Busy" time or free. It's not
that the printer isn't getting the colours, nor is it that the categories
have somehow been lost, because in the bottom right of each blank rectangle
for the appointment is a little square showing that it's a recurring appt, or
that it has more than one category colour, and they are in colour.

I'd like to be able to blame the printer, but nothing's change there except
that it's now connected to Outlook 2007.
Thanks in advance

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

There is a problem with Outlook 2007's category shades and the HP color
management system. I'm not aware of a workaround, other than using the
calendar printing assistant or a new printer.

See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/printcolor.asp

--
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[SarahF]

So are you saying that the problem is with HP? When it wasn't there with
Outlook 2003?

There is a problem with Outlook 2007's category shades and the HP color
management system. I'm not aware of a workaround, other than using the
calendar printing assistant or a new printer.

See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/printcolor.asp

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Hi
I use category colours in my calendar and until I upgraded to outlook 2007
was able to print out my daily and weekly calendars with all my different
appointments and events in colour on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer.

Now I've upgraded to Outlook 2007 the calendars don't print in colour, nor
do they indicate whether an appointment is "Busy" time or free. It's not
that the printer isn't getting the colours, nor is it that the categories
have somehow been lost, because in the bottom right of each blank
rectangle
for the appointment is a little square showing that it's a recurring appt,
or
that it has more than one category colour, and they are in colour.

I'd like to be able to blame the printer, but nothing's change there
except
that it's now connected to Outlook 2007.
Thanks in advance

.

 

[SarahF]

And further to that, when I take my laptop to work and connect it to the HP
Laserjet 1022 it works fine, apart from the obvious...the laserjet is a black
and white printer - but it is printing the blocks of what would be colour in
various grey shades, which suggests that the driver and printer are handling
the colour correctly.

So are you saying that the problem is with HP? When it wasn't there with
Outlook 2003?

There is a problem with Outlook 2007's category shades and the HP color
management system. I'm not aware of a workaround, other than using the
calendar printing assistant or a new printer.

See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/printcolor.asp

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Exchange server do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=33803

Hi
I use category colours in my calendar and until I upgraded to outlook 2007
was able to print out my daily and weekly calendars with all my different
appointments and events in colour on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer.

Now I've upgraded to Outlook 2007 the calendars don't print in colour, nor
do they indicate whether an appointment is "Busy" time or free. It's not
that the printer isn't getting the colours, nor is it that the categories
have somehow been lost, because in the bottom right of each blank
rectangle
for the appointment is a little square showing that it's a recurring appt,
or
that it has more than one category colour, and they are in colour.

I'd like to be able to blame the printer, but nothing's change there
except
that it's now connected to Outlook 2007.
Thanks in advance

.

 

[SarahF]

I may have fixed this myself - I changed my User Access Control from High to
Medium/default and lo and behold I get colours again. Seems a bit bizarre
that something apparently unconnected works like that.

So are you saying that the problem is with HP? When it wasn't there with
Outlook 2003?

There is a problem with Outlook 2007's category shades and the HP color
management system. I'm not aware of a workaround, other than using the
calendar printing assistant or a new printer.

See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/printcolor.asp

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Exchange server do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=33803

Hi
I use category colours in my calendar and until I upgraded to outlook 2007
was able to print out my daily and weekly calendars with all my different
appointments and events in colour on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer.

Now I've upgraded to Outlook 2007 the calendars don't print in colour, nor
do they indicate whether an appointment is "Busy" time or free. It's not
that the printer isn't getting the colours, nor is it that the categories
have somehow been lost, because in the bottom right of each blank
rectangle
for the appointment is a little square showing that it's a recurring appt,
or
that it has more than one category colour, and they are in colour.

I'd like to be able to blame the printer, but nothing's change there
except
that it's now connected to Outlook 2007.
Thanks in advance

.