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Non-White Text on Dark Background Is Not Printed

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This article was previously published under Q257073

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Symptoms

When you use Internet Explorer to print a Web page that contains non-white (colored) text on a dark background, the colors may not be printed. For example, red text may not be printed on a black background. White text on a black background is printed correctly.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue:
  1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. Click to select the Print background colors and images check box, and then click OK.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB257073, kbprint, kbprb, kbenv

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Article Info
Article ID : 257073
Revision : 3
Created on : 1/27/2007
Published on : 1/27/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 263