It was recommended I come here from the following thread:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-publish/corrupted-printing-in-office-2010-only/c650130a-5d3e-4cbb-87f1-770847a1e233?tm=1408632736585
Hi,
I have an issue with a machine having corruption in document graphics when printing. This is a machine running Windows 7 pro, and Office 2010. The issue affects all office applications, but does not affect any other application nor any other computer. This is using a network printer hosted on Server 2008. This issue popped up this week.
When I attempt to print anything with graphics the image does one of two things. Either it is half color and half BW, or it has vertical lines that run through the image space just less than a centimeter apart. If I create a new document and use a different image, the corruption happens. If I save the document as a PDF and print from Acrobat everything is fine. If I open the document in libreoffice/OpenOffice on the same machine and print it, it prints fine. If I send the document to another PC or a Mac, and open them in any Office App they print fine. If I send it to another printer on the PC in question it still happens.
The gist of what I am trying to say is, I believe the print engine in my office install is corrupted.
So, I ran the uninstaller, rebooted the machine, reinstalled office, updated it with all the available updates, rebooted the machine again, and the problem is still there. I cannot accurately print from Microsoft office (just in case: yes this effects Word, Excel, Publisher, outlook, and powerpoint).
Is it possible there is something that is not uninstalled by the uninstaller that could be causing the issue? I know there isn't a lot here, so I am just putting feelers out on this problem. Has anyone ever seen this?
Since my post in the last thread I have noticed a couple other details. 1. If I span an image over an entire page there is no corruption in publisher or Word. 2. If I move an image to the bottom half of a page the corruption doesn't occur. So odd.
thanks in advance