When I print template, the colors don't print the same.

[Publisher issue]

I am using a template to create business cards however when I print it, the
beige comes out lime green and the gold comes out avocado green. I have done
everything but nothing works. How can I get this template to print out as I
see it on the screen.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Have you checked your printer cartridges?

 

[publisher issue]

yes. Everything else that I print will print exactly as I see it on the
screen. I'm only having a problem with the Publisher 2003 template files.

Hilda

Have you checked your printer cartridges?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am using a template to create business cards however when I print it, the
beige comes out lime green and the gold comes out avocado green. I have
done
everything but nothing works. How can I get this template to print out as
I
see it on the screen.

 

[Mac Townsend]

For some reason you are getting too much cyan into the image when
printing.

I don't know what your printer is (and it makes no difference anyway)
but my color printers all have settings that will drastically affect the
way an image prints. Even on the same printer, the same data can come
out hugely different all depending on the settings (especially my color
lasers).

You may have to experiement with these.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Publisher issue (Publisher (e-mail address removed)),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I am using a template to create business cards however when I print
|| it, the beige comes out lime green and the gold comes out avocado
|| green. I have done everything but nothing works. How can I get
|| this template to print out as I see it on the screen.

Also look at possibly updating your printer drivers.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and older are critical about printer
drivers. Usually upgrading (or downgrading in some cases) will fix
the problems you are encountering.

If you have not already done so, you would want to visit the
manufacturers website of your printer to download and install the
latest printer driver that is available. It's important to note that
the CD-Rom that came with your printer will most likely NOT have the
most recent driver for your printer.

Popular Printer Driver Sites:
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Canon
http://www.usa.canon.com/html/cprSupportDetail.jsp?minisite=10000&a=b&navfrom=DrivD

HP
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html

Lexmark
http://www.lexmark.com/US/support/drivers/index.html

Epson
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/index.jsp
and visit the downloads/drivers section

Brother
http://www.brother.com/E-ftp/info/index.html
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Search for the printer driver that represents the make and model that you
are using and download that driver. I would make sure you select "Save"
when prompted for download, not "Run". Typically many save to My Documents.
Do not install or run the setup.

Go to Start > Settings > Printers and right click on your current printer
and choose delete from the menu that appears. If prompted to remove all
files, choose yes. Then restart your computer.

Once your computer restarts, go to the folder where your new printer driver
was downloaded and double click the file to extract the printer driver.
This should prompt you through the setup routine for the new driver. If
your computer "detects new hardware" upon restart, it's ok to hit cancel
on that dialog. Go ahead and continue your setup routine of your newly
downloaded printer driver.

If the file that you downloaded is not an executable, but only a file
that is *.inf, then you will need to follow these steps:

1. Go to Start >Settings > Printers
2. Choose "Add Printer"
3. Choose Next
4. Select "Local Printer" then click Next
5. At the next dialog box choose "Have Disk"
6. Browse to the location of your newly downloaded *.inf file
7. Follow the remaining prompts (you may have to insert your Windows CD)
8. I would recommend restarting your computer at this point.

Now try a new print from Publisher.

This should fix your troubles. If not, either contact your printer
manufacturer directly and inform them of the problem you have experienced.
They might request that you try an older printer driver.

Post back if you have any further questions. Feel free to visit my website
at http://www.mvps.org/publisher for some great information.



--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
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[Wendell]

Might be a moniter issue.
Create a block with a perfect grey ie: 10% each of cmyk and see if the
screen results in a grey. If not you need some tuning.

Wendell