Hi Tim, Not sure about the HP 8000 laser, but I have just tried creating a text box with shadow on Word 2008 (Mac) which printed OK on a Brother HL-1430. Whether it is the HP driver which is the problem I am not sure, and I assume she has the latest driver on her Mac. The best way would be for some one to try printing on her printer using Word 2008.
One word of caution, remember that Office 2008 does not support VBA or Macros. So, if she uses these extensively now she will loose them if she goes to the current version. Alternatively she could wait for the next version of Office for Mac which fortunately will support VBA and Macros again. It is meant to come out some time this year. I'm sorry I do not have any solutions as such, but one of WAMUG's expert will sure come up with something. Kind regards, Philippe 2010/3/6 Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> > > Hello, > > I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 > with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. > She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that > duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly > to the Mac - or so it seems. > > She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow > around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the > inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. > > She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this > feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a > solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else > who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. > Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance > of shaded boxes. > > She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried > running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. > > She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping > someone has found a solution? > Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? > > Thanks > Tim > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
