Venn Diagrams Don't Print Properly

[Mark Heimbigner]

When I create Venn Diagrams in PowerPoint 2002 (2003 does
the same thing) they will not print a portion of the
overlapping regions. For example the Venn diagram I'm
trying to print has three circles: yellow, blue, and red.
The yellow and red plus the blue and red circles overlap
and blend correctly, however, the yellow and blue circles
as well as the center region overlap, but they don't
blend when printed. I've tried printing on two different
printers from two different computers but to no avail. I
was able to successfully save the presentation in the
TIFF format and have it print perfectly (other than the
fact that the text isn't anti-aliased). Has anyone else
had a problem like this, or knows how to fix it?

Thanks!
Mark

 

[B]

Mark,

I find that transparency objects do not print well (multiple
machines/printers/shapes tried) from PowerPoint 2002. They always are
printed without the transparency effect regardless of Direct X, Video,
Printer, SP updates. This becomes a problem when you are trying to blend an
object with a progressively transparent black colored box shape that prints
solid black on paper. The solution I use now, is Shyam's Hand-out Wizard,
since it captures a picture of the slide and prints it correctly,
transparencies and all.

B