No changes to printer drivers and no I do not have another printer to hook up
to. I am clicking on Print from the Outlook screen, not sure how to find
printing assistant just assumed it would kick in when necessary.
The only changes made during this time were to install my new Blackberry and
its software.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> Hi Diane and Julie,
>> So glad you are both responding because I am still having trouble. I know
>> it is not a problem with the printer too because the all day events print
>> the
>> whole day in a bright beautiful color. Plus, the little recurring symbol
>> in
>> the bottom right of each appointment in also printed in color. Each
>> appointment will not print in the appropriate or any color. In Print
>> Preview, it looks perfect all the colors are there. I am using an HP PSC
>> 2210
>> printer, have downloaded the Printing Assistant 2007, and am using
>> Microsoft
>> Outlook 2007.
>>
>> I have to say there was a two day stretch where it printed just fine. I
>> have no idea why. I did not make any changes before it happened or before
>> it
>> stopped.
>> Thanks, Tracy
>>
>>
>>
>> "Julie" wrote:
>>
>>> Diane,
>>>
>>> I have tried it with a different printer and get the same results. Oddly
>>> enough, the all-day events (such as birthdays) and the multi-day events
>>> do
>>> show up in color - black text highlighted in pink.
>>>
>>> It seems odd to me that Microsoft doesn't make it a standard feature to
>>> be
>>> able to print out a monthly calendar (whether on one or two pages) that
>>> keeps
>>> the color categories AND is able to print all items for a particular day.
>>> If
>>> I just choose to print a regular month calendar, the colors come out
>>> correctly, but not everything shows up because there are too many items
>>> on
>>> certain days. Ideally, it should either automatically make the font
>>> smaller
>>> to make it all fit, or adjust the row height of the days to accommodate
>>> all
>>> the items (which could bring it to a second page.)
>>>
>>> I hope Microsoft is listening...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Julie
>>>
>>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> The CPA uses the color of the calendar in the left bar, not color
>>>> categories. If you add 3 calendars or task folders, the items will be
>>>> colored to match the calendar color. Even so, my HP can't print any
>>>> colors
>>>> from the CPA - not even the dates or the dots that mark the calendar.
>>>> At
>>>> least there is a border around the all day events - that's more than I
>>>> get
>>>> on the HP when I print from Outlook. Will this ever be changed so that
>>>> calendars are identified by the colored dots and events use their
>>>> category
>>>> colors? I have no idea. It depends on how many people use the CPA and
>>>> request the feature.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have another printer (not an HP) to test? I do. It works as
>>>> expected
>>>> on my Oki. It's all B&W on my HP 990c. It's my (unconfirmed) opinion
>>>> that
>>>> the shading used for the color categories is too light and can't be
>>>> rendered
>>>> on the HP printers. It happens with shaded cells in Excel too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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