The background is not printed when you use a black and white printer to print a PowerPoint presentation that contains a colored background (895506)

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because PowerPoint optimizes the way that slides that contain colored backgrounds are printed to black and white printers.

By default, a colored background in a PowerPoint presentation is not printed to a black and white printer. This is because the colored background may obstruct the information that is on the slides when the presentation is printed to a black and white printer.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

Open the PowerPoint presentation that contains the colored background.
On the File menu, click Print.
In the Color/grayscale list, click Color.

Method 2

Open the PowerPoint presentation that contains the colored background.
On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.
On the View menu, point to Color/Grayscale, and then click Grayscale.
Right-click the background, click Grayscale Setting, and then click Automatic.

Method 3

You can use this method to change the look of any object in the presentation.

On the View menu, point to Color/Grayscale, and then click Grayscale or Pure Black and White.
Use one of the following methods:
- To adjust the look of any object, right-click the object, point to Grayscale Setting or Black and White Setting, and then click the setting that you want.
- To select multiple objects, hold down SHIFT and right-click each object, point to Grayscale Setting or Black and White Setting, and then click the setting that you want.
Note You can apply different grayscale or black and white settings to different objects on the same slide.