Printing correct color in Word:Mac vX

[Leland]

Ok you guys, here it is...

MAC G4

I do a lot of journaling and include color photos as jpgs in the
document.
When the doc was prepared in Word/ Microsoft office 2001 under Mac OS
9.2.2, the docs printed with fairly good color images, acceptable, not
photo quality.

I had to reformat the HD a month ago and reinstall the OS and went to
OS 10.3 and installed MS Office X. These word docs print fine but the
image color sucks!! Faded, soft, cyan and green.

When I open an old 2001/OS 9.2.2 file in OS 10.3 and Word:Mac v.X,
they print fine.

Any suggestions?
Will 2004 give me the same trash?
I need to move on with my MFA work, but can not send ANYONE this drek!

leland

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Leland:

Word does "many" things badly, but "printing" colour is not one of them.

I would suggest that you obtain a printer driver update from your printer
manufacturer's website and try that. seriously: I have heard of all sorts
of layering problems from Word, but not colour shifts.

Cheers

Ok you guys, here it is...

MAC G4

I do a lot of journaling and include color photos as jpgs in the
document.
When the doc was prepared in Word/ Microsoft office 2001 under Mac OS
9.2.2, the docs printed with fairly good color images, acceptable, not
photo quality.

I had to reformat the HD a month ago and reinstall the OS and went to
OS 10.3 and installed MS Office X. These word docs print fine but the
image color sucks!! Faded, soft, cyan and green.

When I open an old 2001/OS 9.2.2 file in OS 10.3 and Word:Mac v.X,
they print fine.

Any suggestions?
Will 2004 give me the same trash?
I need to move on with my MFA work, but can not send ANYONE this drek!

leland

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[jd]

Leland,

I have the exact same issue with Word X. And I believe the issue is
with Word. If I create a document with images in Word X and print it,
the image will come out shifted toward cyan and green as you describe.
However, if I print the image to a pdf file and then print it, the
image colors are correct. I use an Epson print driver that allows for
color correction at the time of printing, yet even making changes at
that point doesn't change the problem. I have even tried various color
management techniques to no avail. Sorry I don't have an answer yet,
but you're not alone in this problem.
jd

 

[Rob]

Leland,

I have the exact same issue with Word X. And I believe the issue is
with Word. If I create a document with images in Word X and print it,
the image will come out shifted toward cyan and green as you describe.
However, if I print the image to a pdf file and then print it, the
image colors are correct. I use an Epson print driver that allows for
color correction at the time of printing, yet even making changes at
that point doesn't change the problem. I have even tried various color
management techniques to no avail. Sorry I don't have an answer yet,
but you're not alone in this problem.
jd

I can't find the original post so maybe I am repeating things ...

What happens when you use Paste Special > Paste Link? In other words,
instead of placing the image in Word - create a link to the original image?

I haven't seen colors go off in Word but I have seen images blur (get
fuzzy) when used in Office whereas in InDesign the same image would be
fine and sharp.

What happens if you print the Word document (that contains the images)
to PDF?

Rob

 

[John McGhie]

Hi JD:

Word does "nothing" to colour in images.

Word does not do its own printing: the dialog you see when you ask Word to
"print" something is actually generated by Mac OS X.

Word simply hands the file off to Mac OS as PDF and waves it goodbye...
Everything that happens next is done outside of Word.

However, Word does store the printer settings it obtains from your printer
driver, which it then replays back to the computer along with the file.
Removing and re-installing your printer driver, then forcing Word to choose
it again, can sometimes clear glitches like this.

Hope this helps

Leland,

I have the exact same issue with Word X. And I believe the issue is
with Word. If I create a document with images in Word X and print it,
the image will come out shifted toward cyan and green as you describe.
However, if I print the image to a pdf file and then print it, the
image colors are correct. I use an Epson print driver that allows for
color correction at the time of printing, yet even making changes at
that point doesn't change the problem. I have even tried various color
management techniques to no avail. Sorry I don't have an answer yet,
but you're not alone in this problem.
jd

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Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410