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From: hirchert@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Kurt Hirchert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word question
Message-ID: <1990Mar11.225036.13001@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 90 22:50:36 GMT
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In article <5293@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>          (Someone suggested that setting a non-black colour in
>the 'character' dialog would print gray on non-colour devices, but
>that unfortunately isn't true.)
I was that "someone", and it _is_ true, provided you are using version 6.0 of
the LaserWriter drivers (which I believe came with 32-bit color QuickDraw).
You can also see the same effect on a greyscale monitor or by putting a color
monitor in a greyscale mode.  I would guess that as far as printing goes, this
applies only to PostScript printers.  ImageWriters, DeskWriters, etc. probably
still produce only black and white for colors, but I've definitely seen colors
rendered as shades of gray on a LaserWriter with the right driver.
-- 
Kurt W. Hirchert     hirchert@ncsa.uiuc.edu
National Center for Supercomputing Applications