How do I print the contrast between "filled" text and its surrounding "box"?

Question

Hi,
Apologies in advance for any ambiguity or confusion . . .
I am a self-taught Photoshop user who has come upon a problem to which I cannot find an answer, despite searching online for hours . . .
When I design a project, it looks beautiful on screen . . . when I print it, however, it loses the definition between colors inside a font and the shape surrounding the font . . .
To be more exact:
I am working at 300 dpi . . .
I create a rectangle and fill it with red.  I then write text inside of the rectangle and the font color is white.  Onscreen, it looks clear and well-defined.  When I print it, however, there is not clear definition between the font and its surrounding area . . . the colors seem to bleed into each other . . . I have tried using different paper (glossy, matte, etc.), have tried putting a narrow stroke around the text, etc., but nothing help to clearly define the difference between the text and its surrounding shape/color.
It also does not matter the size of the font, although the larger the font, the easier it is to "see" the difference.  But a white font at 24 point looks no sharper than a white font at 8 pt.
I am using an Epson XP-610 printer . . . it is a home deskjet and I mainly design for fun, but this "lack of sharpness" on the fonts is driving me crazy.  I would included a screenshot, but it would not help much, since the project looks beautiful and clear on the screen.
The colors only seem "muddled" when  I print.  Any advice, or even a point in the direction of something I can read to help me understand what to do, would be helpful. . . . TIA!I

Answer 1

Hullo Cheapster:
I too am confident that this facility does not exist in relation to the underline function as such. Nor am I aware of a workaround that would let you access it straightforwardly for routine usage in body text. The underline facility, like the strikethrough, is provided because it is standard in some documentation which a wordprocessing might be expected to serve - but as such, it is provided in limited conventional formats. Otherwise, I agree, it is not ideal typography.
However, for occasional use, there are two workarounds you might like to consider. One is to use the line drawing facility available through the insert menu (insert shape, choose line; then grab its handles to make it horizontal) or the same process initiated from the objects icon in the toolbar.
Be aware, however, that the above could require further attention to your wrap options: you would need to deselect any wrap - but could still need to modify your line spacing options to avoid irregular line spacings with the rest of your text.
Possibly simpler is to bear in mind that you can produce an underline without its text. To do this, select underline (Command / U) and type "non-breaking spaces" (option / space). This would allow you to place your underline on a separate line from your underlined text. You could do the same with the strikethrough function, which you access via the effects section in the font panel for closer spacing; or alter the line spacing where you need to do this.
Either of the above would affect your surrounding text in a way that would make these methods unsuitable for incorporation into body text.
However, if your interest in doing this relates to headlines or the like, one or other of these options might suit your purpose.
Regards.