trouble print png file

> Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark
> in
> powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
>
> I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> looks fine on screen but prints very badly.

Many printers use PostScript based printer drivers, which handle
Transparency very badly. Try using another printer (inkjet printers often
print transparency better than laser printers) or another printer-driver.

Best regards,
Ute

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Ute Simon
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
Schon gesehen? www.ppt-user.de/blogger und www.ppt-tv.de

In addition to the other suggestions, when I have encountered this problem
with printers, I have saved the entire presentation out as PNGs., then
created a new presentation and used the Photo Album image import to bring
all the pre-rendered slides back in to the blank presentation. This will
usually print well and fast (since all the transparency layers have been
flattened). This process doesn't take as long as it looks like it does.

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
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vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
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"Baret" <Baret.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark
> in
> powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
>
> I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> looks fine on screen but prints very badly.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Baret

Many thanks for that Steve. It works great. Just hope the client will bother
do it now!!

Thanks again

Baret

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <F8BE4A3D-5F84-4D89-975B-65E7DAAD4C9C.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com>, Baret wrote:
> > Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark in
> > powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> > images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> > looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
> >
> > I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> > looks fine on screen but prints very badly.
> >
>
> PPT doesn't do a very good job of printing transparent PNGs or transparency in
> general, especially to PostScript printers.
>
> A few more manual steps might help:
>
> Insert the picture, send it to the back behind the PNG as you're already doing.
> Then select the PNG and the picture, choose Edit, Copy.
> Delete the PNG and the picture.
> Choose Edit, Paste Special, as PNG
>
> Now you have a picture that includes the watermark, and that will print nicely.
>
> It's also now impossible or at least very very difficult for anyone else to
> remove the watermark from the presentation.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>

Thanks for that Ute, will check out other printers.

Regards

Baret

"Ute Simon" wrote:

> > Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark
> > in
> > powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> > images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> > looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
> >
> > I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> > looks fine on screen but prints very badly.
>
> Many printers use PostScript based printer drivers, which handle
> Transparency very badly. Try using another printer (inkjet printers often
> print transparency better than laser printers) or another printer-driver.
>
> Best regards,
> Ute
>
> --
> Ute Simon
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
> Schon gesehen? www.ppt-user.de/blogger und www.ppt-tv.de
>
>
>

Thanks for that Bill. That is really useful thing to know. I don't think it
is worth it on this particular job as only a few of the slides have the issue
and therefore Steves suggestion works great. But I love this feature and will
definately use it in the future. In the past I have exported slides as images
and had to put each image back onto its own slide so lots of time saving here!

Thanks again for your time, really appreciate it.

Baret

"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

> In addition to the other suggestions, when I have encountered this problem
> with printers, I have saved the entire presentation out as PNGs., then
> created a new presentation and used the Photo Album image import to bring
> all the pre-rendered slides back in to the blank presentation. This will
> usually print well and fast (since all the transparency layers have been
> flattened). This process doesn't take as long as it looks like it does.
>
> --
> Bill Dilworth
> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
> Users helping fellow users.
> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
> yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
> com www.pptfaq.com
> ..
> "Baret" <Baret.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F8BE4A3D-5F84-4D89-975B-65E7DAAD4C9C@microsoft.com...
> > Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark
> > in
> > powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> > images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> > looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
> >
> > I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> > looks fine on screen but prints very badly.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Baret
>
>
>

In article <52A2F8B0-8080-4236-B940-1E2FF1C03472 RemoveThis @microsoft.com>, Baret wrote:
> Many thanks for that Steve. It works great. Just hope the client will bother
> do it now!!

You can lead 'em to water but you can't make 'em think. <g>

Good luck!

>
> Thanks again
>
> Baret
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
> > In article <F8BE4A3D-5F84-4D89-975B-65E7DAAD4C9C RemoveThis @microsoft.com>, Baret wrote:
> > > Using PPT 2003. I have created a png file which is to act as a watermark in
> > > powerpoint ie transparent. The thought is that people insert their own
> > > images, send to back and the png file creates a watermark on the image. It
> > > looks fine on screen but the 'watermark' does not print at all.
> > >
> > > I tried creating a similar shape in ppt with a transparency whcih again
> > > looks fine on screen but prints very badly.
> > >
> >
> > PPT doesn't do a very good job of printing transparent PNGs or transparency in
> > general, especially to PostScript printers.
> >
> > A few more manual steps might help:
> >
> > Insert the picture, send it to the back behind the PNG as you're already doing.
> > Then select the PNG and the picture, choose Edit, Copy.
> > Delete the PNG and the picture.
> > Choose Edit, Paste Special, as PNG
> >
> > Now you have a picture that includes the watermark, and that will print nicely.
> >
> > It's also now impossible or at least very very difficult for anyone else to
> > remove the watermark from the presentation.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> >
> >
> >
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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