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I believe we used to be able to print in color without jumping through hoops.
What is the purpose of Printing > WYSYWG?

We seem to have added functionality in Pen Tables for color... and have lost some simple functionally.
Why can't I just print in color with the pen table colors?
Nothing seems to work.

Even when I try I simple color mapping using the pen tables
IE pen 1 to cyan there is no mapping.

Is this a print driver problem? No, I've tried several printers.

Are you referring to Pen #1-15. Make sure "Al Black" is not checked.
Also, Pen#16 is the screen color.

WYSIWYG |Printed output will look like what is displayed

It's really Roger, but I've been called worse.
Can you do a screen shot of you Pen Table?

Roger, I am sorry. Don't know what I was thinkiing.
Had turned off "All Black"
Here is the screenshot

Looks like that got solved. Good work for the day. Can we take the rest of the day off?

No not actually, when I go to print it comes up in B&W
The color you see is just the screen display.
Happy 4th! Can't sail so I am doing a drawing for the new winter cover.

So in another drawing, same pen table. Now it looks like it will plot in color because the color is showing in the preview window.
What is different? ...Beats me! Still don't know the answer. One drawing works the other doesn't. BizarreO. Only difference I know about, is I selected "In Order"

In the Tools drop-down menu, what does your Palette file look like?


Dave

Thanks, the two color pallettes for the two different drawings look the same to me.
Here is the palette for the drawing that isn't showing color in the print preview screen.

Here is the color palette for the drawing that works.

Don't know if it would help any, but maybe before you open it, do a File/Repair on the file. Might clean up something?

What if you saved the palette from the file that works, then load that palatte into the one that doesn't??

Tried save as the palette for the other drawing, then selected that defaut-rick plalette and it really did not change anything. Good idea though.

Maybe it is that orphan image?