My Access 2007 report prints black & white on a color printer

[Mimadocken]

I have a lovely report that includes a small color photograph. I'm sending the report to print on my HP Color LaserJet, but it is printing in black and white.

I can't find anything in the Properties that specifies whether this prints in color or black & white.

Can someone help me print this in color?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer.

 

[JHB]

I think it is in the property for the printer, does the printer dialogbox not popup when you choose to print your report, click on the printer icon in the ribbon , (by me it does)?

 

[Mimadocken]

Thank you for the quick response, JHB, and for the suggestion.

The command button that prints this report (something I failed to mention in my original message), does exactly that. It tells the report to print out on the default printer for my system. No print window pops open. It just prints, and I need it to print automatically. I had hoped that making the color printer my default printer would cause this to print in color, but that hasn't happened...yet.

 

[JHB]

Only for troubleshooting, what if you use the icon in the ribbon, does the dialogbox popup?
If yes, look if it set to print in colour.

 

[Mimadocken]

Hello again,

I have done what you said and got a pop-up for the printer. Going through the Properties, I could see that, indeed, it was set to print color. Another interesting thing I noticed is that a similar report on which I based this one DOES print in color, but it is set up to open in Print Preview before printing. This report prints directly from the button click.

 

[JHB]

Another interesting thing I noticed is that a similar report on which I based this one DOES print in color, but it is set up to open in Print Preview before printing.

Try to print it out directly from a button.
If it print in colour, try one crazy thing, open the report in design, (the report which wouldn't print in colour), move a control/label a little then show it in Print preview, and print it in colour, afterwards save it.
Else you need to get more control on the printer before you print, it could be something like below.

   DoCmd.OpenReport YourReportName, acViewPreview
   With Reports(YourReportName).Printer
     .ColorMode = acPRCMColor
   End With
   DoCmd.OpenReport stDocName, acViewNormal