Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
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Hi Folks,
Has anyone ever run into a situation where they've set a drawing to print in black and white but the actual text fonts are being printed in grayscale? This particular problem that I'm dealing with is machine specific (I believed) because the same settings produce the expected results printing the same file(s) on another workstation.
I do recall having seen/read something similar about this in the past but I'm drawing a blank as to when/where that might've been. As always I appreciate any feedback that the members of this forum might be able to provide.
Best regards,
Has anyone ever run into a situation where they've set a drawing to print in black and white but the actual text fonts are being printed in grayscale? This particular problem that I'm dealing with is machine specific (I believed) because the same settings produce the expected results printing the same file(s) on another workstation.
I do recall having seen/read something similar about this in the past but I'm drawing a blank as to when/where that might've been. As always I appreciate any feedback that the members of this forum might be able to provide.
Best regards,
Chris Gervais
Application Engineer
CSWP, CSWST






RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
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RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
I'll check that BUT wouldn't the print setting for Black and White override that anyway?
Best regards,
Chris Gervais
Application Engineer
CSWP, CSWST
RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
I just gave this a shot and there was not any change in the behavior. A colleague just whispered in my ear that this is probably a driver issue but I would like to rule anything else out before throwing in that towel. Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
Chris Gervais
Application Engineer
CSWP, CSWST
RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
If it's a driver issue you should be able to compare whats on your computer to whats on the other computers which printed OK.
If you can upload a sample drawing I will print it here to see what happens? We have laser & inkjet printers I can send it to.
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Drawing Text printing grayscale when option set to B/W
Thanks for the additional advice. The issue was tracked to an AutoCAD font (ROMANS) being referenced in the settings. Apparently this is a known issue in the SW Knowledge Base. I just didn't put 2 and 2 together. The workstation displaying the behavior has AutoDesk programs on it but the second one doesn't which somehow causes the setting to use an alternate local true type font.
Like I said I should've looked deeper when that item came up in the Knowledge Base.
Thanks for everything folks!
Chris Gervais
Application Engineer
CSWP, CSWST