Shadow print problem

[Kyle]

When I print a PowerPoint 2007 slide with a nice, fuzzy drop shadow, it
extends several pixels of a half-transparent white "ghost" beyond the shadow.
If the image is on a white background, this doesn't matter, as you can't see
the ghost. But if the shadowed image is on top of another image, the ghost is
unacceptably visible.

Help?

 

[Ute Simon]

When I print a PowerPoint 2007 slide with a nice, fuzzy drop shadow, it

extends several pixels of a half-transparent white "ghost" beyond the
shadow.
If the image is on a white background, this doesn't matter, as you can't
see
the ghost. But if the shadowed image is on top of another image, the ghost
is
unacceptably visible.

There is a "High quality" option in the print dialog. Make sure it is
checked.

Is your printer driver PostScript-based? PS has problems with transparency.
Try another printer or check on the manufacturer's website whether a newer
driver is available.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Tom Goehring]

Hi Ute:

I'm having a similar shadow problem - we are using the drop shadow feature to create straplines under text boxes (instead of the more primitive "textbox-with-a-drawn-line" option).

This setup worked well in 2003 but in 2007 has created problems:
1) often you'll see a very faint blue line on the left and/or right side of the textbox with the bottom shadow - I've changed the transparency of the shadow to 4% to fix this but strangely sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't;
2) some printers continue to show these unwanted vertical lines on the sides of textboxes even though they print with no probelm on the printer I'm using - I noted the post-script problem mentioned here - are there printer setting that can be altered to deal with this?

FYI, my print setting are toggled on for "Print inserted objects at Printer's resolution," "high quality" and "Align transparent graphics ..." - the top two are toggle off.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Thanks for any help you can provide.