ID: Q142810
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When you print to a monochrome printer under Windows 95, color or gray text will print as black, even though the same printer printed the text as gray under Windows 3.x.
This problem occurs when you print using the Unidrv.dll file supplied with Windows 95. All Windows 95 printer drivers, except PostScript drivers, use the Unidrv.dll file which maps all non-white and color text to black when you print to a black and white printer.
To print gray-scale text to a black and white printer, do either of the following:
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q130508
TITLE : Non-White Text or Graphics Printed in Black
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory:
Additional query words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 word7 word95 winword
black printing prints solid hppcl5e laser jet printer 4 4/4m grey color
word97 7.0a
Keywords : kbprint kbualink97
Version : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.0a 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Last Reviewed: January 20, 1999