Plotting white text

I am working on a drawing where I have color coded boxes that are shaded to plot out in certain colors. In these boxes are designation tags that are hard to read when they plot in black. What I want to do is make the tags show up white when I plot the drawing. I have tried using white and 255 for the color of the tags. When I used white they still plotted black and when I used 255 you can't see them at all on the plot. I am using ACAD 2000. Any ideas?

 

If you want to plot white- generally white will plot to black - so you would need to go to a shade off white to plot out white - also make sure they are selected to front and you plot in greyscale or colour for this to work

 

Again, the boxes are color coded so I am plotting in color. I tried using color 255 but it didn't show up on the plot at all. I brought the tags to the front and everything else I could think of. Any other suggestions?

 

Check if lines merge or line overwrite.

 

Where do I find that in 2000? I knew how to check it in R14 but haven't had to deal with it yet in 2000. I never have any problems with my shades or anything so I didn't figure that was a problem.

 

Plotter--Properties--Graphics--Merge Control
If I recall 2000 did not have the merge control when it was first released. It may have been fixed with later patches or service packs.
Release 2002,2004,2005,2006 all have merge control.