Streaking and banding appears on the printed page when you print a publication in Publisher 2003 and in Publisher 2007

When you print a Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 or Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 publication in the red, green, and blue (RGB) composite colorspace, on some printers you may notice excessive streaking or banding of transparent object fills on the printed page.

This problem may occur with PostScript printers that can print at 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) or greater resolution. Publisher 2007 and Publisher 2003 use an irregular pattern for transparent fills, generally known as a "screen door". On some high resolution printers, this pattern may not line up correctly. This causes bands or streaks to appear in the printout.

To work around this problem, you can create the multilayered transparency effect in another program, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Corel Draw. Save the image as an Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) graphic, and then link to the image so that it is correctly processed by the printer on output. You can also insert the EPS graphic, embedding the graphic in your publication. It is best that you link to the EPS file if you are going to use a professional prepress or printer service.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Link menu, point to Picture, and then click From file.
2. Select the picture that you have created.
3. Click the down arrow next to Insert, and then click Link to file.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.