Excel: Shaded Text Prints Incorrectly to LaserJet III

 Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
Article ID: Q84702
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Text in shaded cells will print with a white block background (opaque) on the second and subsequent pages of a worksheet when printing from Microsoft Excel 3.0 to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet III printer with Microsoft Windows operating environment version 3.1. This does not happen with Excel version 4.0.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in HP LaserJet III printer driver version 31.3.89. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Workaround

To get shaded cells to print correctly, you can either upgrade to version 4.0 of Microsoft Excel for Windows or print each page separately.

To print each page separately, follow these steps for each page of your worksheet:

  1. From the File Menu, choose Print.

  2. Select the Pages: From: option and enter the page you want to print in both the From and To boxes.

An alternate resolution is to use TrueType fonts printed as graphics. From the Windows Control Panel, select Printers, then choose Setup, choose Options, select Print TrueType as Graphics (a check box in the lower left corner of the dialog box).

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 3.0, pages 204-206

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Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
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