ID: Q88817
The information in this article applies to:
In Microsoft Word for Windows, when you print a document that contains paragraph shading and you are using the PSCRIPT.DRV PostScript printer driver version 3.5, 3.51, 3.52, 3.53, 3.54, or 3.55 for Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, a thin white horizontal band may appear across the shaded paragraphs.
To avoid this problem, follow the appropriate procedure below.
Decrease the size of the font to 10 points or smaller.
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Decrease the line spacing of the paragraphs (if possible) as follows:
1. Select the shaded paragraphs.
2. From the Format menu, choose Paragraph.
3. Set the line spacing to Exactly 12pt or 13pt.
1. Select the cells to be shaded.
2. From the Format menu, choose Border
3. Choose Shading
4. In the Shading dialog box, set the Pattern option to Clear, set the
Foreground option to Yellow, and set the Background option to
Yellow.
Note: The color yellow produces 5-percent shading and will not
create a white band.
If you are using a PostScript print command to shade a table cell, try
the following:
{print \p cell "wp$box .89 setgray fill"}
where the braces ({}) are created by pressing CTRL+F9. The PostScript printer will interpret this code and apply shading to the cell containing this field.
postscript and shade and tables and field
1. Type 13 to 16 lines of text in a new Word for Windows document.
2. From the Edit menu, choose Select All.
3. From the Format menu, choose Borders. Choose the Shading button. In
the Pattern box, select 5 percent and choose the OK button.
4. Print the page to a PostScript printer using the PostScript printer
driver.
Microsoft has reproduced this problem on the Hewlett-Packard (HP)
LaserJet Series IIISi PostScript printer, QMS ColorScript 100, and the
IBM 4029 PS printer. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.
KBCategory: KBSubcategory: kbtable Additional query words: win3x 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD corrupt word6 winword 6.0 winword2 garbage band clear gap missing incomplete skips 3.10
Keywords : kbprint kbtable
Version : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform : WINDOWS
Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998